Re: serial console for dummies?

2006-01-30 Thread Dieter
actually instructs you to remove the keyboard. I think this is for some systems with buggy firmware? For other systems with different buggy firmware you should leave the video keyboard connected, at least if you need to get into the firmware's setup mode. So is there someone who can give me a

serial console for dummies?

2006-01-29 Thread Scott I. Remick
Hello... I'm trying to set up a serial console for watching console error messages while in X, but am having a real hard time getting my head around the concepts of what I need to do (and don't need to). I've seen http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html but I'm not clear

Re: serial console for dummies?

2006-01-29 Thread Robert Slade
On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 08:39, Scott I. Remick wrote: Hello... I'm trying to set up a serial console for watching console error messages while in X, but am having a real hard time getting my head around the concepts of what I need to do (and don't need to). I've seen

Re: serial console for dummies?

2006-01-29 Thread Ken Stevenson
Scott I. Remick wrote: Hello... I'm trying to set up a serial console for watching console error messages while in X, but am having a real hard time getting my head around the concepts of what I need to do (and don't need to). I've seen

Re: serial console for dummies?

2006-01-29 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 29/01/06 Scott I. Remick said: Hello... I'm trying to set up a serial console for watching console error messages while in X, but am having a real hard time getting my head around the concepts of what I need to do (and don't need to). Can't you just run xconsole? Mike -- Michael P.

Re: serial console for dummies?

2006-01-29 Thread Scott I. Remick
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:21:23 +, Robert Slade wrote: I can't help you directly, but have you looked at the error logs? they should give you a clue, especially Xorg.log Last few times I remember looking, there was nothing logged. This lead me to believe that the lockup happened too fast for

Re: serial console for dummies?

2006-01-29 Thread Scott I. Remick
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:01:54 -0500, Ken Stevenson wrote: I was trying to accomplish the same thing a couple weeks ago and somebody recommended the following: touch /var/log/console.log Edit /etc/syslog.conf and uncomment the line that begins with console.info. Reboot (you might be

Re: serial console for dummies?

2006-01-29 Thread Scott I. Remick
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:32:46 -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Can't you just run xconsole? Doesn't help me if xconsole is hidden by another window at the time of the halt. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: serial console for dummies?

2006-01-29 Thread Duane Whitty
Scott I. Remick wrote: Hello... I'm trying to set up a serial console for watching console error messages while in X, but am having a real hard time getting my head around the concepts of what I need to do (and don't need to). I've seen