Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:38:38 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPMI serial console Message-ID: <20130221233838.GB92249@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <E88A8FF8-C4FA-4968-86A5-0E9C7AE40C97@gsoft.com.au> References: <00CC60B5-A6EB-4A3C-B8AC-1D60014DE442@gsoft.com.au> <201302211049.13863.jhb@freebsd.org> <E44ABF7A-3795-471B-B241-7103ECE2119E@gsoft.com.au> <20130221220317.GA90640@icarus.home.lan> <E88A8FF8-C4FA-4968-86A5-0E9C7AE40C97@gsoft.com.au>
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:01:45AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 22/02/2013, at 8:33, Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> wrote: > >> I also tried booting with '-D -h -S 115200' but nothing either. > > > > Try setting the IPMI pieces (in the IPMI device itself) to 9600bps. > > > > Then try using 9600bps in FreeBSD (loader.conf or /boot.config, as well > > as in inittab/getty). > > > > If this works for you, I can expand further on why, if requested. > > > Well that broke everything :) > > - No messages from the BIOS > - No kernel messages > - No getty output > > Now to forward a tun interface so I can run the Java faux-VNC client and fix it. Wow, that's disappointing. I wonder if the underlying IPMI firmware has a bug relating to using serial port speeds other than 115200. You can see my other mail to kib@ and -stable regarding why I recommended trying this. Sorry for making your life difficult; wasn't my intention. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@koitsu.org | | UNIX Systems Administrator http://jdc.koitsu.org/ | | Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |
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