> There's plenty of stuff that needs testing that's not under X. The serial
> console problem is definitely something that needs fixing. It's something
> that I'm working while other stuff builds, but I can't seem to figure out
> the best way to handle that. I suppose it could always spawn a getty on
> /dev/ttyS0 and maybe /dev/ttyS1, but that could lead to other issues.
> Know of a way to detect whether there's a real console or just a serial
> console?
Firstly, _all_ sparcs have serial console. If a framebuffer and
keyboard are detected, and the OpenFirmware environment variables
output-device = screen and input-device = keyboard, then output will
be sent to the framebuffer and input taken from the keyboard. And
output will also still be sent to the serial port A. This is always
the case. It is set a failsafe method of accessing the machine in the
event the framebuffer goes bad or the keyboard is unplugged or goes
bad.
Secondly, if you really need to decide whether or not to use serial
console or the framebuffer, you can just to see if both a framebuffer
and keyboard are installed. If both aren't installed then use
serial port A.
I've had a problem trying to boot my Sparc IPX either way, via serial
console or using the framebuffer.
I booted an image from about 1.5-2 weeks ago on my SparcLX. It booted
fine with no problems. But when I got to the login prompt and tried
to login as root, the keys were interpretted wrong. For instance,
when I tried to type 'root', something like this showed up:
[[3[[n[[q
Now, I don't remember for sure if that's exactly what showed up, but I
do know that it was not the word 'root'.
Is this a problem with a keymap, or the kernel?
Here are my machine specs:
SparcIPX (40MHz FJMB86903 CPU)
32MB RAM
on-board CGsix video
Seagate ST31200N hard drive
Sun external CD-ROM
Type 5 keyboard w/ optical mouse
Anyone else had this problem? I'll trying booting over serial console
tonight to see if the problem still exists.
Charles Fultz
futlz
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