Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:23:50 +0000 From: "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: serial console not accepting input? Message-ID: <D4D47BCFFE5A004F95D707546AC0D7E91F65BC32@SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com> In-Reply-To: <51000A18.1020001@FreeBSD.org> References: <D4D47BCFFE5A004F95D707546AC0D7E91F656991@SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com> <51000A18.1020001@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi, On Jan 23, 2013, at 17:04, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> 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=
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