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From: Andrew <andrew@sally.ugh.net.au>
Reply-To: andrew@ugh.net.au
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: No login prompt.
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>Number:         3862
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       I dont seem to get a login prompt....
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 13 04:00:15 PDT 1997
>Closed-Date:    Sun Apr 12 04:41:46 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:  Sun Apr 12 04:41:57 PDT 1998
>Originator:     Andrew
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
UgH!
>Environment:

386-SX-16 connected via null modem cable to a PowerMac.

>Description:

When booting all goes well right till then end. The date prints but no login prompt appears. I have tried ^C, ^D, return and alt-fing to other consoles but nothing works.

Sometimes, such as after having reset from a no login prompt situation you do get a login prompt but cant type anything.

I wondered if it was just the console so I turned on my mac to see if the srial port had a login prompt. Just as my mac finished booting a message appeared on the console:

	getty[148]: getty exiting due to excessive running time

after which a login prompt appeared. Anything I had already typed appeared as well. The message indicates that it was just a time thing and switching on my mac was irrelevant however I have left the UNIX box sitting for a while and the prompt has never appeared.

Ctrl-Alt-Delete dosnt work at this point (no login prompt) either...you have to press the reset button.

>How-To-Repeat:

Just switch on my UNIX box without switching on my mac.

>Fix:
	
	

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:  Subject: Re: bin/3862: I dont seem to get a login prompt....
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:28:22 +1000

 Despite putting in a reply to when using send-pr it seems to have been
 ignored...hmm warrants another pr I guess.
 
 If you want to reply to me you had better mail andrew@ugh.net.au.
 
 Andrew

From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, andrew@ugh.net.au
Cc:  Subject: Re: bin/3862: I dont seem to get a login prompt....
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 20:35:43 +1100

 Hi Andrew,  some time ago you wrote:
 
      From: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au>
      To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
      Cc:  Subject: Re: bin/3862: I dont seem to get a login prompt....
      Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:28:22 +1000
 	When booting all goes well right till then end. The date prints but no
 login prompt
 	appears. I have tried ^C, ^D, return and alt-fing to other consoles but
 nothing 	works.
 
      	Sometimes, such as after having reset from a no login prompt
 situation you do get a 	login prompt but cant type anything.
 
 Does this only occur when there is a powered-off Mac on the end of the
 serial cable?
 What happens when you boot without the serial cable?
 Can you try defining the serial line as a terminal in /etc/rc.serial.
 Also try adding comcontrol  /dev/tty$ci$i dtrwait 0 drainwait 1 to the
 terminal() 
 definition.
 
 Danny
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: danny 
State-Changed-When: Mon Sep 22 22:07:41 PDT 1997 
State-Changed-Why:  

User is going to test some configuration changes using /etc/rc.serial 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: phk 
State-Changed-When: Sun Apr 12 04:41:46 PDT 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
timed out 
>Unformatted:
