* Alastair McKinstry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-20 07:27]: > kbd-chooser in d-i _should_ autodetect serial consoles and put this > option on the menu. Could you please send me a copy of the install log; > it should list whether serial console was detected or not.
Jan 10 19:58:15 (none) syslog.warn klogd: Ignoring TIOCGSERIAL Jan 10 19:58:15 (none) user.info kbd-chooser[264]: INFO: Setting debian-installer/serial-console to false· Jan 10 19:58:15 (none) user.warn kbd-chooser[264]: WARNING **: Failed to mount USB filesystem to autodetect USB keyboard;· Jan 10 19:58:15 (none) user.warn kbd-chooser[264]: WARNING **: Will add USB keyboard option just in case· Jan 10 19:58:15 (none) syslog.warn klogd: Ignoring TIOCGSERIAL Jan 10 19:58:15 (none) user.info kbd-chooser[264]: INFO: Setting debian-installer/serial-console to false· Jan 10 19:58:16 (none) user.info kbd-chooser[264]: INFO: choose_keymap: keymap = us· Jan 10 19:58:16 (none) user.info kbd-chooser[264]: INFO: kbd_chooser: setting keymap us· Jan 10 19:58:16 (none) user.alert kbd-chooser[264]: ERROR **: Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console·· Jan 10 19:58:16 (none) user.warn main-menu[138]: WARNING **: Configuring 'kbd-chooser' failed with error code 1· Jan 10 19:58:16 (none) user.warn main-menu[138]: WARNING **: Menu item 'kbd-chooser' failed.· > On the SWARM, what device is used as console (during install)? > /dev/console? /dev/ttyS1? Jan 10 19:58:10 (none) syslog.info klogd: Mounted devfs on /dev Jan 10 19:58:10 (none) syslog.info klogd: Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed Jan 10 19:58:10 (none) syslog.warn klogd: Ignoring TIOCGSERIAL Jan 10 19:58:10 (none) syslog.warn klogd: Ignoring TIOCGSERIAL Jan 10 19:58:10 (none) daemon.info init: Starting pid 52, console /dev/console: '/bin/sh' Jan 10 19:58:10 (none) daemon.info init: Starting pid 54, console /dev/console: '/sbin/debian-installer' Oh, I see what's going on. The UART driver for this board doesn't implement TIOCGSERIAL. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]