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Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:40:40 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com>
To:        Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE /dev/console
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.970414184003.1116C-100000@acp.qiv.com>
In-Reply-To: <slrn5l5cdk.jpl.sec@matrix.42.org>

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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
->




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