Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:27:59 +0100 From: Sven Hazejager <sven@hazejager.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 7.2-p4 serial console not showing kernel messages? Message-ID: <8ffccde70911081027m19784be4ve4e33f150a9caa5b@mail.gmail.com>
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All, I'm having trouble getting 7.2-p4 to run. I'm using nanoBSD, either under VMware using a virtual serial null-modem or on an Alix Soekris-like serial-only CF-based device, both show this problem: my serial console does not display kernel messages, they all go to the VGA console! I'm using the nanoBSD cust_comsole function to enable the console. Relevant files are shown here: /boot.config: -h -S57600 /etc/ttys, only one line is "on": ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600" xterm on secure These are still in my kernel conf, if I remove these I get no kernel messages at all (kernel boots fine with this though): device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller device atkbd # AT keyboard device kbdmux # keyboard multiplexer device vga # VGA video card driver I have also tried to set this in the loader, no luck: hint.sio.0.flags="0x30" On the serial console, I see the boot manager (boot0) and the loader just fine. "show" in the loader says "console=comconsole" so that seems to be fine. However all kernel output goes to the VGA console. I *do* get a login prompt after a while on the serial console though. If I boot the same kernel over PXE on the ALIX, the kernel messages *do* go to the serial console... What am I overlooking? Thanks, Sven
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