Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:44:07 -0800 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: "Martin G. McCormick" <martin@server1.shellworld.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about a Remote DRAC on a Dell Server Message-ID: <CAHu1Y72cLUPAs_KfpKWgJou9i7oSb4zReSqTUtBWQUMx_pjrgg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150211183134.3B88122950@server1.shellworld.net> References: <20150211183134.3B88122950@server1.shellworld.net>
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Martin G. McCormick <martin@server1.shellworld.net> wrote: > > We have a new Dell Server running FreeBSD9.3 and our > problem is that when trying to operate the system remotely via > ipmitool and a command-line console, The FreeBSD kernel displays > all boot messages as it should but then we lose contact because > the system wants to go to a GUI console which will not work over > a text-only channel. The problem may simply be your /etc/ttys. You need to turn on getty on one or more of the serial ports. The section for serial terminals on my machine looks like this: # Serial terminals # The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd etc. ttyu0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on secure - M
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