From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 24 18:34:40 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2646846C for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-057.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F2C71D0F for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:34:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from i7-quad-PC.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-142.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.142]) by mail.computinginnovations.com (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s0OIYWSn092663; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:34:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20140124121411.05e73350@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:31:37 -0600 To: David Tenney From: Derek Ragona Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.2 won't boot without a video console under KVM In-Reply-To: References: <6.0.0.22.2.20140123150005.0665e0c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140124-0, 01/24/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-computinginnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-computinginnovations-MailScanner-ID: s0OIYWSn092663 X-computinginnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-computinginnovations-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-2.889, required 6, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00, BAYES_00 -1.90, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, T_REMOTE_IMAGE 0.01) X-computinginnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:34:40 -0000 At 09:30 AM 1/24/2014, David Tenney wrote: >Thanks for the info Derek! > >Unfortunately, I still receive the same crash from KVM. > > >On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Derek Ragona < >derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > > > At 01:06 PM 1/23/2014, David Tenney wrote: > > > > I'm trying to run a FreeBSD 9.2 64-bit installation under KVM, but am > > having issues when I remove the video hardware and install a serial console > > connection. The installation boots just fine when video/Cirrus hardware is > > provided to the virtual machine, but once it is removed, the installation > > stops at the BTX loader and causes KVM to go into Paused mode, which cannot > > be returned to Running. Here is a list of adjustments that were made to > > configuration files: > > > > /etc/ttys: > > > > ttyu0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure > > > > /boot/defaults/loader.conf: > > > > console="comconsole" > > > > /boot.config: > > > > echo "-hP" > /boot.config > > > > Any help would be great. Thanks! > > > > -- > > David > > > > > > > > I have systems setup to do serial and regular consoles. In my setup I > > access the serial console over lan via ipmitool. > > > > In loader.conf I have > > comsole="comconsole,vidconsole" > > comconsole_speed="115200" > > boot_multicons="YES" > > boot_serial="YES" > > > > Along with some hint.uart settings such as: > > hint.uart.2.baud="115200" > > hint.uart.2.port="0x3e8" > > hint.uart.2.irq="10" > > hint.uart.2.flags="0x10" > > > > -Derek > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! > Antivirusprotection is active. > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by *MailScanner* , and is > > believed to be clean. > > David, I'm not sure what hardware you are using. In my case I have supermicro motherboards with dedicated IPMI ports. I do need to do some BIOS setup for the console redirection. Have you tried booting single user, without acpi, or one of the others? If one of those boots, you may get some idea. If not you might boot a live cd and check the crash dump. -Derek --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.