From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 3 1: 8: 5 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7AC237B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 01:08:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from scribble.fsn.hu (scribble.fsn.hu [193.224.40.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 576E643F79 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 01:08:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bra@fsn.hu) Received: (qmail 20517 invoked by uid 1000); 3 Feb 2003 09:07:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Feb 2003 09:07:55 -0000 Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:07:55 +0100 (CET) From: Attila Nagy To: Lucky Green Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: L440gx+ serial BIOS needs text mode In-Reply-To: <001301c2cb61$cbd70d90$6601a8c0@VAIO650> Message-ID: References: <001301c2cb61$cbd70d90$6601a8c0@VAIO650> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, > This motherboard provides access to the BIOS via sio1. When booting, the > serial BIOS shows everything that's happening until the point of booting > the kernel (where it seems to switch video modes to have a bright white > character set rather than the dull white/grey characters used > initially). I think you need to read the Serial Console section of the Handbook. You will find it here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html The reason that you lost the serial console after the kernel started is that you BIOS from that point is launched to the nearest galaxy's trashcan via hyperspace, I mean is not functional. You have to set up the serial console. ----------[ Free Software ISOs - http://www.fsn.hu/?f=download ]---------- Attila Nagy e-mail: Attila.Nagy@fsn.hu Free Software Network (FSN.HU) phone @work: +361 210 1415 (194) cell.: +3630 306 6758 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message