Hi Brian, On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 13:43 +0000, Brian Candler wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:50:00AM +0100, Bill Maas wrote: > > Hi Voipcrazy, > > > > http://www.modemsite.com/56k/x2-hyperterm.asp > > > > Search "characters twice". > > > > It's called a manual;). > > It's nothing to do with hyperterminal or half-duplex settings.
I'm very sorry.. > > > But what I get on my soekris console is that > > > > > > CCoouulldd nnoo > > > tt ffiinndd kk > > > eerrnneell iimm > > > aaggee:: lliinn > > > uuxx > > > > > > bboooott:: > > (1) The character duplication is because pxelinux is outputting both to the > COM port and the VGA BIOS. The Soekris redirects the VGA BIOS characters to > the COM port. Hence you get them twice. > > (2) The 16-column line wrap is a bug in the Soekris VGA BIOS emulation. You > can patch and rebuild pxelinux.0 to avoid this, by stopping pxelinux writing > to the VGA BIOS. Details at the end of > > http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=soekris-tech&a=2007-11&m=5685776 > > and the patch, with instructions on how to rebuild pxelinux.0 using nasm, is > higher up. If I remember rightly, this patch will also prevent the character > duplication. > > Just for reference, here's a working pxelinux.cfg/default: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > serial 0 19200 0x303 DEFAULT linux > label linux > kernel openwrt-x86-2.6-vmlinuz > append initrd=openwrt-x86-2.6-rootfs.cpio.gz init=/etc/preinit console=tty0 > console=ttyS0,19200n8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Might do the trick.. Bill > And here's a working grub/menu.lst (with settings to allow the unit to boot > even when no serial cable is connected) > > serial --unit=0 --speed=19200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 > terminal --timeout=0 --dumb serial > hiddenmenu > > default 0 > timeout 0 > > title OpenWrt > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz init=/etc/preinit console=tty0 console=ttyS0,19200n8 > reboot=bios > initrd /boot/rootfs.cpio.gz > boot > > However, fixing the character output problems is mostly cosmetic. It won't > solve the problem of the missing kernel. > > B. > -- "What's a computer?" - MES _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
