[...] > > >>Hey all, > >> > >>I don't know if this is pre 6.2 specific but I changed my /etc/tty for > >>device ttyd0 to 'on' from 'off' and when I rebooted the pc I couldn't > >>login via regular KVM console, just don't get a login. > >>The more alarming thing was that while it appeared everything was > >>booting up from the boot up messages on the screen, I couldn't remotely > >>log into the server in fact it appears the machine didn't bring up the > >>Ethernet device as I couldn't even ping it. > >>As soon as I switched the ttyd0 back to 'off' and rebooted it I could > >>ssh back into the server etc. > >>I have a regular kernel and 1 jail and samba on this machine. > >> > >>This might just be a ports thing but on another 6.2 server I setup a > >>jailed mail server with courier imap and I have noticed that it fails to > >>build the courier-imap port with FAM support. > >>I tried also installing the gamin FAM alternative which builds ok but I > >>get signal 11 when I try to login to the imap server. > >> > >>Does anyone else have these problems? > >> > >> > >> > > > >I've been having this for a very long time, if the serial port does > >not realy exist - i don't know the technical wording for this -, > > > >if the kernel detected the sio hardare, but it's not realy > >wired, then it the kernel will hang when getty will try to open it. > > > >danny > > > > > OK good then its not just me, yes I haven't checked if the serial port > is actually enabled in the bios, still I think its quite ordinary to > have a machine basically fully hang up just because theres no active > serial port. With no network or serial (unless you can enable/find it > hardware side) I had to boot from the Freebsd install cdrom in fix it > mode and mount the installed setup and revert the tty change. >
next time, just boot single user, do a fsck / then mount -u / at which point you will be able to fix /etc/ttys or any other screwup. danny _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"