From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 14 17:31:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA27460 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:31:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tok.qiv.com ([204.214.141.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA27451 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:31:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by tok.qiv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id TAA00460; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 19:31:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (jdn@localhost) by acp.qiv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA01185; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:40:41 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: acp.qiv.com: jdn owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:40:40 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jay D. Nelson" To: Stefan `Sec` Zehl cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE /dev/console In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Have you tried editing syslog.conf to route _all messages_ to a file or another machine? -- Jay On 15 Apr 1997, Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote: ->I have yet another problem with 2.2.1-RELEASE :( -> ->I don't have a keyboard attached to my box, and it correctly ->recognizes /dev/cuaa0 as its new console. -> ->BUT, when i leave it running for about 1 day - syslogd stops working ->- i guess it is because it cant write to /dev/console ->because an 'echo test >/dev/console' hangs too. -> ->(i have the terminal on /dev/cuaa0 unplugged because i need it elsewhere) -> ->syslogd -ds says: ->quit:/var/log#syslogd -ds ->off & running.... ->init ->cfline("*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console", f, "*") ->syslogd: /dev/console: Interrupted system call ->logmsg: pri 53, flags 4, from quit, msg syslogd: /dev/console: Interrupted system call -> ->attached is my kernel-config-file if it matters (running 2.2-STABLE kernel ->from 4 days ago): -> ->I'm really running out of ideas here, since plugging the terminal back ->didn't help anything, and the getty didnt respawn after logout :( -> ->CU, -> Sec -> -># -># GENERIC -- Generic machine with WD/AHx/NCR/BTx family disks -># -># $Id: GENERIC,v 1.46.2.6 1995/10/25 17:29:51 jkh Exp $ -># -> ->machine "i386" ->cpu "I486_CPU" ->ident QUIT ->maxusers 20 ->options CHILD_MAX=128 ->options OPEN_MAX=128 -> ->options INET #InterNETworking ->#options IPFILTER_LKM #*** IPFILTER-PATCH *** 3.0.4 ->options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem ->options NFS #Network Filesystem ->options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem ->#options "CD9660" #ISO 9660 Filesystem ->options PROCFS #Process filesystem ->options "COMPAT_43" #Compatible with BSD 4.3 ->options "SCSI_DELAY=1" #Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device ->options BOUNCE_BUFFERS #include support for DMA bounce buffers ->options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console ->options MAXCONS=8 # number of virtual consoles ->options "BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET" ->options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor ->options IPDIVERT #divert sockets ->options "AUTO_EOI_1" -> ->options SYSVSHM ->options SYSVSEM ->options SYSVMSG -> ->config kernel root on wd0 -> ->controller isa0 ->controller pci0 -> ->controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr ->disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 ->disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 ->tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2 -> ->controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr ->disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0 ->disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1 -> ->controller ncr0 -> ->controller scbus0 ->device ch0 ->device sd0 ->device st0 ->device cd0 -> -># syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console -># now it nicely probes :) ->#options COMCONSOLE #prefer serial console to video console ->#options FORCE_COMCONSOLE #prefer serial console to video console -># is obsolete ->#options GATEWAY #internetwork gateway ->device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr -> ->device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr -> ->device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr ->device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr ->device sio2 at isa? port "IO_COM3" tty irq 10 vector siointr ->device sio3 at isa? port "IO_COM4" tty irq 11 vector siointr -> ->device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr ->device lpt1 at isa? port? tty irq 12 vector lptintr ->device lpt2 at isa? port? tty -> ->device pca0 at isa? port IO_TIMER1 tty -> -># Order is important here due to intrusive probes, do *not* alphabetize -># this list of network interfaces until the probes have been fixed. -># Right now it appears that the ie0 must be probed before ep0. See -># revision 1.20 of this file. ->device de0 ->device ed0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000 vector edintr ->device ed1 at isa? disable port 0x280 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000 vector edintr -> ->pseudo-device loop 6 ->pseudo-device ether ->pseudo-device log ->pseudo-device sl 1 -># ijppp uses tun instead of ppp device ->pseudo-device ppp 2 ->pseudo-device tun 2 ->pseudo-device pty 64 ->pseudo-device snp 4 ->pseudo-device bpfilter 3 ->pseudo-device speaker ->pseudo-device gzip # Exec gzipped a.out's -> ->-- ->Fuer die Raupe ist es das Ende der Welt, ->Fuer den Rest der Welt ist es ein Schmetterling -> Error 0: No error ->