Re: 7.2-p4 serial console not showing kernel messages?



On 11/9/09, Sven Hazejager <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 17:52, Lowell Gilbert
<freebsd-questions-local@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Checking the obvious: syslog.conf is configured to send the messages to
the console?

Haven't touched syslog.conf but this all happens before syslog is even
starting. The problem is that the console is VGA, even though I have
"console=comconsole" AND boot.config containing "-h" AND sio.0.flags
0x30.

Has anyone actually gotten a serial console to work with FreeBSD
7.2-release? I'm having the same problems with 7-STABLE.



FWIW, I do lots of serial consoles. Biggest issue I have is the
boot.config options.

Personally, the switches to "detect" (-P) and "switch" (-h) don't
always seem to work (for me).

If I have to see anything at the console, not only do I setup
/boot/loader.conf but I will always use -D in /boot.config -- Dual
setup. It pushes to both COM1 and VGA.

Please try that.
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