From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 4 18:12:45 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B51216A400 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 18:12:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from smtp805.mail.ird.yahoo.com (smtp805.mail.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.188.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ABFFB13C442 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 18:12:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: (qmail 25238 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2007 18:12:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) (thomasjudge@btinternet.com@81.157.42.3 with plain) by smtp805.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Mar 2007 18:12:43 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: GPjGUAMVM1lFGksaSO9NikeC2vYRx4LtU7sgWLhloGxpObQt3QbWqvNze9mrHG5tI6eg9BSGnZVJicC53guE5p6Xb2aS3h3N3pSuH1UBJ43F5Ltd2jU- Message-ID: <45EB0C79.7000300@tomjudge.com> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:14:17 +0000 From: Tom Judge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070104) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan D Niles References: <1172784439.14922.47.camel@jane.spg.more.net> In-Reply-To: <1172784439.14922.47.camel@jane.spg.more.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Serial Port Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:12:45 -0000 Dan D Niles wrote: > More Dell 2950 woes. > > I use serial ports to manage my FreeBSD machines remotely. I've never > had any problems until now. I've installed FreeBSD 6.2 on a Dell 2950. > > The install goes without problems over the serial port. After the > reboot, I get the typical: > > FreeBSD/i386 (test.host.net) (ttyd0) > > login: > > and I can log in just fine. If I disconnect and come back later > (sometimes), or if I hit return without entering a login name (always) > it starts spitting out junk like: > > nooo~:Woo{;>6(|uww~now~nou})|t}}t9- > > I can log in blind, but everything is scrambled. Here is what I see > after logging in: > > nooo~:ro}Zqsswv~?Nmswtloooo~:t|}}msr 1115?;5>:3ontt}}t=Koy{{oo| > t(kk)19;??2077t|mefvwgSWdproogw~/Koy{{oo| > t(kk)17?=,1998<,199;?=99>>,1998<,199<,1999=,199;>,19;?,199==* t| > merwggo~wsoot|meuowws{}}ofccmmoo~oio.lllr{oo| > wsrwwwwwen/NvwegSWd.>?WMMESWe({_]p#3::fv{ijkon1331;:5?;30uUWc227?_wmooometovwegSWe-Jggvwesweokoogtugkikcmlswupv|,puesweuwwet|mefooooogrwwwsg?oo swgww{}taev{{mwsaonuuteuuedewrsuuannomu}oonforlllrwmmeswwsaswo* auth|ttz?/wnvwegSWnowo~mesww/--amwyycoow}|tt|meeWSUUaswgw}ooo* forywrrwmmessfo{swtassi}wwspteuuedfvwuuuo~}/oo t|mehiefoookaondfGQqdgw}mo~wsasweauttttz?/wwnvwegFnowo/aonl-* amooogw}|ht|meaimmooglm{ww,conbgeswesskmedbbgoooogto* h|tz?/wwnvwegSowowessko/. fft|medoocdm{wvrwu}oonhis* eeoniowumlmel,hm}wweamoawwmmcnmefomutuemon/ws{iswoogo/Kofyusw|llhiwweaaquuwwonorpronmmm,lmeswetukoet|meuutuutooojuomm-mg/,amooogw}taoyrwmmwwo~tewrmmwssggw,aedemmimli}}kss quuww}oontot|hquuww}oosFvwewWnowgmmimmoogi{w~. iofyuasngmmmmisrwihfvwegSWgwsdm{sw{ylmyu|,pueswerwggwrtotuehimwz??-omo}lpqggo. iofyuswenotfgmmmmiaw}|hmmoumlpqew,t}yue`mmonmoo//[ummyylouwwes{{{ow|ll89)torwmmo~vrt|meiowumlmuonaonmkoonoowuu}oonuu}mm}}.eem}t/ouwoootdoockiooget|i{slooonaonoogmmon/~uwww# > > If I exit things go back to normal until I disconnect for a while or hit > return without a login name. > > I tried loading an older FreeBSD to see if it was a hardware issue or a > FreeBSD issue, but my disks (mfi) aren't supported. > > It seems like the speed of the tty is getting out of sync. > > HELP! Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Dan We have some PE2950's setup with serial consoles using IPMI over LAN. If you set the port in the BIOS to com2 and 57600 bps then you should be able to use ipmitool to access the console. If you set the device hints correctly you will be able to have FreeBSD use this port as a serial console. Tom Tom