Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:30:27 -0500 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing all ttyv* device nodes after upgrade 7.0 -> 7.2 Message-ID: <hj5iqn$b4l$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <4B561717.9090309@pp.dyndns.biz> <4B561A81.6010400@pp.dyndns.biz> <4B5620E9.6040902@pp.dyndns.biz>
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Morgan Wesström wrote: > Morgan Wesström wrote: >> Morgan Wesström wrote: >>> I obviously did something wrong somewhere but I can't figure out what. >>> All console device nodes /dev/ttyv0 - /dev/ttyvf are missing after I >>> upgraded a machine from 7.0 to 7.2. The serial console node /dev/ttyd0 >>> is there though if that rings a bell. What controls the creation of the >>> console device nodes? Any hints on what I should check? I did deactivate >>> unneeded SCSI-drivers and the like in the GENERIC kernel but the tty >>> related stuff is still there, like: >>> >>> options COMPAT_43TTY # BSD 4.3 TTY compat >>> device sc >>> >> >> I'm also missing /dev/consolectl >> > > These dmesg lines are from another 7.2 machine and I am missing them > from the output of this newly upgraded machine: > > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > > Both devices are in the kernel. What could prevent them from binding? Is it maybe a newer system that has keyboard and mouse set to USB as a default which needs disabling in BIOS? I know a machine I just built I set the keyboard to "Legacy" to use the PS/2 port while the mouse stayed USB. -Mike
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