From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 24 13:23:58 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42DFEDC; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:23:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@netapp.com) Received: from mx12.netapp.com (mx12.netapp.com [216.240.18.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E947F0; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:23:58 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,529,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="11219718" Received: from smtp1.corp.netapp.com ([10.57.156.124]) by mx12-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 24 Jan 2013 05:23:51 -0800 Received: from vmwexceht01-prd.hq.netapp.com (vmwexceht01-prd.hq.netapp.com [10.106.76.239]) by smtp1.corp.netapp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/NTAP-1.6) with ESMTP id r0ODNpkX024847; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:23:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com ([169.254.2.51]) by vmwexceht01-prd.hq.netapp.com ([10.106.76.239]) with mapi id 14.02.0328.009; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:23:51 -0800 From: "Eggert, Lars" To: Dimitry Andric Subject: Re: serial console not accepting input? Thread-Topic: serial console not accepting input? Thread-Index: AQHN+YBoyi5llRmNskaJJfjFwBFvjphXmc4AgAFlZIA= Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:23:50 +0000 Message-ID: References: <51000A18.1020001@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <51000A18.1020001@FreeBSD.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.106.53.51] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <4304FDE21AA16C4A99067CD60657D83B@tahoe.netapp.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:23:58 -0000 Hi, On Jan 23, 2013, at 17:04, Dimitry Andric wrote: > CTS/RTS hardware flow control, maybe? E.g. add ":hw" to the default > settings in /etc/gettytab, or make a specific entry with an added ":hw" > setting. nope, I don't even get a login prompt if I do that. > If it is a physical serial console, you could also simply have a bad > cable. Try swapping it with working system. :) Spent the last few hours fiddling with the cabling and the various BIOS ser= ial redirection options (it's a Dell 2950). My best guess is that the seria= l port on the box is physically broken. Thanks for the help! Lars=