The is on a Dell Inspiron 1100 notebook (celeron 2.3Ghz) running FreeBSD 5.3R. When I boot my laptop I see the Beastie menu, and after making a selection, I get no output from boot1 or the kernel. So, when my laptop is done booting, my screen looks like this:
/boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7 ] - FreeBSD/i386 (laptop.taborandtashell.net) (ttyv0)
login:
Also, nothing that would normally be displayed on ttyv0 via /dev/console (syslog stuff) is there. Booting with ACPI disabled does not help. The weird thing is that this didn't used to happen. Right before all of this started, I was trying to get my touch pad working and I:
1. ran /stand/sysinstall and played with mouse settings.
2. edited /etc/rc.conf
3. created /boot/device.hints (I tried removing device.hints, it didn't help)
[SNIP]
Tabor,
Is it possible that your console is being redirected to a com port? The handbook covers this topic in section 20.6.
Also some quick info that might help you out:
There are a few places that this can be configured: boot.conf, /boot/loader.conf, /boot/loader.conf.local or /boot/loader.rc.
If /boot.conf refer to the Handbook Section 20.6 as well as boot(8)'s man page.
In either /boot/loader.conf or /boot/loader.conf.local for the following line:
console=comconsole
In /boot/loader.rc check for:
set console=comconsole
To set your console to display on your monitor using /boot/loader.conf or /boot/loader.conf.local set (or replace) the following:
console=vidconsole
In /boot/loader.rc
console=vidconsole
Good Luck, -Ash _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
