From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 11 08:14:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3BF31065670 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:14:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sven@hazejager.nl) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2D28FC1F for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:14:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so785161yxe.3 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:14:06 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.54.13 with SMTP id g13mr1148402ank.158.1257927246023; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:14:06 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [83.160.136.100] In-Reply-To: <8ffccde70911090952s2349c633u61c96e5183cb8116@mail.gmail.com> References: <8ffccde70911090952s2349c633u61c96e5183cb8116@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:14:05 +0100 Message-ID: <8ffccde70911110014ld74bafat1f3d8d3c514b136a@mail.gmail.com> From: Sven Hazejager To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: Serial console not working in 7.2-p4 and 7.2-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:14:07 -0000 On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 18:52, Sven Hazejager wrote: > I'm pulling my hair out on this one! Can't get the serial console to > work with nanoBSD, either 7.2-p4 or 7-STABLE. A 8.0 nanoBSD image > works fine (which I have not created myself). The symptom is that all > kernel output goes to VGA. Whatever I do. This happens in VMware > Player (where I actually see the VGA output) and on my ALIX > (Soekris-like) board (which does not have a VGA card). PROBLEM SOLVED! In an attempt to minimize FreeBSD for nanoBSD I had WITHOUT_FORTH=true in my /etc/src.conf. That apparently breaks the passing of boot flags to the kernel, which causes the kernel to use the VGA output even though boot.config has "-h" and console=comconsole in the loader. Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. Sven