For the archives, since searching this seems harder than it should be. -Mike
-----Original Message----- From: Stephen Bosch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:52 PM To: Michael Scheliga Subject: Re: OpenBSD 3.8, Soekris net4801 - console boot hangs when keys pressed Michael Scheliga wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> Stephen Bosch >> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:59 PM >> To: OpenBSD-misc list >> Subject: OpenBSD 3.8, Soekris net4801 - console boot hangs when keys >> pressed >> >> Hi: >> >> I have a Soekris net4801 which runs from a compact flash disk. It > boots >> to the serial console. I've set everything to 9600 baud, 8 bit words, > no >> parity, 1 stop bit. >> >> When left unattended, it boots normally. >> >> If I try to enter anything at the boot> prompt, I see one character > and >> then it hangs completely. Only a hard reset fixes it: >> >>> comBIOS ver. 1.28 20050529 Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Soekris >> Engineering. >>> net4801 >>> >>> 0256 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode 266 Mhz >>> >>> Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFB-1024 LBA Xlt 993-32-63 1001 > Mbyte >>> Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 0:00:0 1078 0001 06000000 0107 0280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000 >>> 0:06:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E101 A0000000 10 >>> 0:07:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E201 A0001000 10 >>> 0:08:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E301 A0002000 10 >>> 0:18:2 100B 0502 01018001 0005 0280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000 >>> 0:19:0 0E11 A0F8 0C031008 0117 0280 08 38 00 A0003000 00000000 11 >>> >>> 1 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. >>> Using drive 0, partition 3. >>> Loading..... >>> probing: pc0 com0 com1 pci mem[639K 255M a20=on] >>> disk: hd0+ >>>>> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.10 >>> switching console to com0 >>>>> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.10 >>> com0: 9600 baud >>> boot> b >> Obviously, this is bad because it means I won't be able to pass any >> kernel parameters should that become necessary. >> >> If I do nothing or hit enter, the system boots normally -- no greek, > no >> garbage -- which would suggest it's not a baud rate problem. >> >> Has anybody encountered this before? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Stephen- > > Have you tried disabling all flow control? Variants of this have been > asked and answered tons on both misc@ and Soekris lists. If this > doesn't > help you might try searching those archives. I did search those lists and found nothing -- most everything referred to baud rate, and I've checked that up and down, and it jibes. The flow control -- I haven't seen that mentioned. I've tried it and it has fixed the problem. Thanks, -Stephen-
