Well,in8.1 & 8.2it worked fine for me, in 8.3 i got this problem..... On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Daniel Braniss <da...@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> > Sami Halabi <sodyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Oliver, > > > I saw you had similar problem for console on 2010 > > > > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Serial-console-problems-with-stab=le-8-td3950684.html > > > > No, I don't think that the problem is related. My problem > > was with the serial console, while you don't have a serial > > console attached at all (at least you didn't mention it). > > > > > but the thread wasn't ended by recommendation or conclusions by you. > > > > > > did you solve that problem then? > > > > No, I came to the conclusion that the serial console support > > in FreeBSD 8 was broken somehow. So I removed the console > > cable; it's running with an old VGA CRT as the console for > > now. Fortunately I require console access very seldom, so > > I don't have to drive to that machine often. It's still > > annoying, but I didn't find a better solution; downgrading > > to 7.x isn't an option. > > > just for the record, serial on 8.x works fine! the device naming has > changed > from sio to uart, and maybe some features. We use it on all our servers, > even > redirecting it where possible via ILO,IMPI,DRAC. and is great for debuging > or saving long trips :-) > > WARNING: control access to these devices, specialy since root can login > on the console! > > danny > > > -- Sami Halabi Information Systems Engineer NMS Projects Expert FreeBSD SysAdmin Expert _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
