Re: Problem with added video card with Sun terminal and keyboard...
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 12:37:46PM +1000, William Law wrote:
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> On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Andrew Sharp wrote:
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> > On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 11:25:20AM +0200, Christian J?nsson wrote:
> > > I have a little problem here.
> > >
> > > I had a SS20 (sun4m) system running debian 3.0 on a serial
> > > terminal... Now I have just installed a TGX video card and hooked up a
> > > real terminal and keyboard but I do not get to the login prompt.
> > >
> > > Instead, when I push the 'Stop' button, I get a message like this:
> > >
> > > SysRq : HELP : loglevel0-8 reBoot tErm kIII saK showMem showPc unRaw
> > > showTasks Unmount
> > >
> > > but I get inte the server remotely...
> > >
> > > Now, I guess there's some reconfiguring to be done here... but where
> > > can I read about it or if ytou can pls tell me on the liset here what
> > > should I do?
> >
> > Well, one thing is that you installed the system when using a serial
> > console, so you probably need to add back into /etc/inittab the gettys
> > for tty1-4 or 1-6 (I only configure four of them, myself). OK, now the
> > STOP button is pretty weird. Dunno exactly about that one.
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> > a
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> it looks the same as the "sysreq" key that can be enabled on a peecee for
> kernel hacking. In the kernel, unselect "enable kernel hacking", and it
> should change this behaviour. Stop-A should drop you back to the OpenBoot
> screen...
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well, it's not just the STOP button, every other button I have tested
is dead, I don't get the console login prompts simply...
Cheers,
/ChJ
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