From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 21:20:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81A9916A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:20:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC36843FDD for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA55KEFY032195 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id hA55KEnp032194; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:20:14 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200311050520.hA55KEnp032194@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Eugene Grosbein Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5783516A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:13:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (www.svzserv.kemerovo.su [213.184.65.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D192343FE1 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:13:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su) Received: from www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (eugen@localhost [127.0.0.1]) hA55DYlf051504 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:13:34 +0700 (KRAT) (envelope-from eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su) Received: (from eugen@localhost) by www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hA55DY4r051503; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:13:34 +0700 (KRAT) (envelope-from eugen) Message-Id: <200311050513.hA55DY4r051503@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:13:34 +0700 (KRAT) From: Eugene Grosbein To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: bin/58951: Some problems with 4.9-RELEASE installation using comconsole X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eugene Grosbein List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 05:20:16 -0000 >Number: 58951 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Some problems with 4.9-RELEASE installation using comconsole >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 04 21:20:14 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Eugene Grosbein >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386 >Organization: Svyaz Service JSC >Environment: System: FreeBSD www.svzserv.kemerovo.su 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #0: Mon Nov 3 13:18:36 KRAT 2003 eu@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su:/home4/obj/home/src/sys/WWW i386 >Description: Recently I've installed 4.9-RELEASE(i386) using CD-ROM and comconsole. There are two basic problems with comconsole. 1. CD boot and uses vidconsole unconditionally despite of the fact that system misses a keyboard. I remember, 3.x had -P flag in /boot.config and switched to serial port automatically. 2. I managed to command 'set console=comconsole' in the boot loader prompt. Installation completed smoothly. After reboot it had console=comconsole in the loader configuration (but still no -P in /boot.config), that was good. However, there were no getty on /dev/console nor on /dev/cuaa0. That's bad. >How-To-Repeat: Try to install 4.9-RELEASE using serial console. >Fix: Add '-P' to /boot.config and teach sysinstall to edit /etc/ttys to run getty on serial console. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: