Re: Kernel 2.2.x serial console problems
did you replace the /dev/console symlink with the char device used by 2.2
kernels ?
# rm -f /dev/console
# mknod /dev/console c 5 1
If you install Debian for 2.2 kernel directly, it does the right thing, but if
you upgrade your kernel later you need to change it by hand.
Hope this helps you.
Adam Smith wrote:
> Actually, this is a problem AFAIK with the 2.2.x and 2.1.later kernel
> series. On my SS LX, keboardless and monitorless, I have a serial
> console, from which I can watch all of the wonderful booting happenings of
> the machine, and on 2.0.35 (fresh slink install), will boot and operate
> just fine.
> After tossing in the STOCK debian 2.2.1 pkg, I get the following on
> bootup, after a normal start of the kernel, as soon as it goes multiuser:
>
> zs_open ttyS0, tty overwrite
>
> Which is repeated ad nauseum, and at which point if I press a key, the
> kernel opps'es at me.
>
> This also has happened on a freshly compiled 2.2.6 kernel, as well as a
> 2.1.125 kernel image.
>
> HELP. I really don't want, or need, a monitor or kebd on this thing, and
> I am at a loss as to what the problem is...
>
> All inittabs are stock, this is a clean install, with the exception of the
> 2.2.1 pkg installed.
>
> I have noticed that this problem has been mentioned before, but with no
> previous replies. Maybe this time we can tear through this???
>
>
> --Adam
>
>
> Adam Smith
> admsmith@purdue.edu
> Purdue University
>
>
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