Looks like I have /dev/console 0 crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Sep 26 2002 console 0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 64 Jun 17 2004 ttyS0
I havent yet figured out how I should go about seeing if init is correctly accessing it tho. Let me take a look at busybox init part. BTW, any more reasons why this problem might exist ? On 7/30/05, Ricardo Scop <scop at digitel.com.br> wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > On Friday 29 July 2005 22:06, Daniel Ann wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Just wondering if anyone could lend a hand with this problem I have > > with serial console. I'm trying to boot up my board (very similar to > > sandpoint using MPC8245) with kernel 2.6.12.3, and most of it is > > working but console will display up to, > > [snip] > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 112k init > > > > I've done series of printk in sys_execve() to see if /sbin/init is > > working, and found out it went thru the whole rcS file okay. Mind you, > > printk is successfully displaying the output on the console while I'm > > still not getting anything from the user processes. > > > > Having all the kernel boot up log on console means that I've done some > > part right. But why am I not getting anything from the user processes > > on the console screen ? > > > Please verify that you have a /dev/console in your rootfs, and that it's being > correctly acessed by the init process. > > HTH, > > -- > Ricardo Scop. > > \|/ > ___ -*- > (@ @)/|\ > / V \| R SCOP Consult. > /( )\ Linux-based communications > --^^---^^+------------------------------ > rscop at matrix.com.br > +55 51 999-36-777 > Porto Alegre, RS - BRazil > > -- Daniel
