On Wednesday 16 May 2007 19:41, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
I tested the script with the console attached to serial port 1 and 2
(hvsi0 and hvsi1).
I had to make some minor changes to the script to get it to work.
Thanks. Sorry for the delay, but here is a new version of the script. It
now uses
Here is another thought. Could you test if creating a getty line using
/dev/console just magically works? Given the fact that the installer does
not need any special setup and uses /dev/console, that might just do it.
It would remove the need to figure out exactly what type of virtual
console
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:41:18PM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
I tested the script with the console attached to serial port 1 and 2 (hvsi0
and hvsi1).
I had to make some minor changes to the script to get it to work.
I don't know, but you may want to implement the changes differently.
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:41:18PM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
I tested the script with the console attached to serial port 1 and 2
(hvsi0
and hvsi1).
I had to make some minor changes to the script to get it to work.
I don't know, but you may want to implement the changes
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:44:41AM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:41:18PM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
I tested the script with the console attached to serial port 1 and 2
(hvsi0
and hvsi1).
I had to make some minor changes to the script to get it to
I tested the script with the console attached to serial port 1 and 2 (hvsi0
and hvsi1).
I had to make some minor changes to the script to get it to work.
I don't know, but you may want to implement the changes differently.
Regardless, before you submit the final 90console script, I assume I
On Monday 14 May 2007 23:55, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
On Monday 14 May 2007 22:29, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
- Step 1:
$ cat /proc/device-tree/options/output-device
/vdevice/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
== hvsi0 or hvc0
$ cat /proc/device-tree/options/output-device
/vdevice/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 08:03, Frans Pop wrote:
My question is: if hvsi1 is being used, what is the output of
cat /proc/device-tree/options/output-device/vdevice/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or does that file just not exist in that case?
Sorry, forget about this one. I see I misread your mail. I
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 09:38:25PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
(No need to CC me. I see your replies on the debian-boot mailing list.)
On Monday 14 May 2007 21:09, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
~ # /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console
[...]
+ readlink /proc/1560/fd/0
+ rawconsole=/dev/console
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 08:03:13AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
On Monday 14 May 2007 23:55, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
On Monday 14 May 2007 22:29, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
- Step 1:
$ cat /proc/device-tree/options/output-device
/vdevice/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
== hvsi0 or hvc0
$ cat
On Monday 14 May 2007 22:58, Frans Pop wrote:
All in all, this looks easy enough to implement. I'll give it a shot
over the next few days and send you something to test.
Please try the attached script. It is a drop-in replacement for
/usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console.
Just copy it over the
As long as Linux kernel creates the Linux,stdout-package property in the
/chosen that indicates the console-path, then this script doesn't need to
look at the output-device property in the /options node (the /options
node represents the various NVRAM varaibles, which is how Open Firmware
On Monday 14 May 2007 17:33, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
I got the login prompt after I modified /etc/inittab (via a linux
install I had on another disk).
OK, your report did not really make that clear. It was probably not really
necessary to include the login prompt then. I understood that that is
I got the login prompt after I modified /etc/inittab (via a linux
install I had on another disk).
OK, your report did not really make that clear. It was probably not
really
necessary to include the login prompt then. I understood that that is
what you saw when it appeared to be hanging.
So, the next step is to find out why the installer does not recognize
that
you are on serial console.
Can you please boot the installer again and activate a debug shell (there
is an option in the installer's main menu, or alternatively you can use
that network-console component).
Please
On Monday 14 May 2007 20:23, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
~ # ls -l /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console
ls: /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console: No such file or directory
Sorry, the file only appears after you have passed the step load
additional installer components, so you will have to walk through
~ # cat /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console
#!/bin/sh
set -e
set -x
log() {
logger -t finish-install $@
}
# Since this script is running with debconf, 'tty' does
# not give reliable answers about what sort of terminal
# we have. The stdin of /sbin/debian-installer seems
# to tell the
(No need to CC me. I see your replies on the debian-boot mailing list.)
On Monday 14 May 2007 21:09, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
~ # /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console
[...]
+ readlink /proc/1560/fd/0
+ rawconsole=/dev/console
Thanks. So the debian-installer process thinks a regular console is
On Monday 14 May 2007 21:09, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
~ # /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console
[...]
+ readlink /proc/1560/fd/0
+ rawconsole=/dev/console
Thanks. So the debian-installer process thinks a regular console is being
used. That means that we do indeed need that redirection
On Monday 14 May 2007 22:29, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
- Step 1:
$ cat /proc/device-tree/options/output-device
/vdevice/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
== hvsi0 or hvc0
$ cat /proc/device-tree/options/output-device
/vdevice/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
== hvsi1
Do these pseudo files always exist, or just if a serial
On Monday 14 May 2007 22:29, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
- Step 1:
$ cat /proc/device-tree/options/output-device
/vdevice/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
== hvsi0 or hvc0
$ cat /proc/device-tree/options/output-device
/vdevice/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
== hvsi1
Do these pseudo files always exist, or just
retitle 420820 no console set IBM p5 server
reassign 420820 finish-install
thanks
Op 11-05-2007 om 14:26 schreef Rolf Brudeseth:
Here is the fix I implemented, since the system is non-HMC managed and the
serial cable is attached to port1:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ diff /etc/inittab
Op 11-05-2007 om 22:25 schreef Geert Stappers:
Op 11-05-2007 om 14:26 schreef Rolf Brudeseth:
Note that there are three possible consoles on an IBM p5 Server:
co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvsi0 9600 vt100 == Console via serial port
1 (Non-HMC managed)
co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvsi1
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