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2.8 KiB
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181 lines
2.8 KiB
HTML
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>init and
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syslog output does not display on
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secondary consoles</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Remote Serial Console HOWTO"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Bugs and annoyances"
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HREF="bugs.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Modem hangs up upon reboot"
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HREF="bugs-reboot.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="The console is unresponsive after connecting"
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HREF="bugs-whereami.html"></HEAD
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><BODY
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CLASS="SECTION"
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BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
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TEXT="#000000"
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LINK="#0000FF"
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VLINK="#840084"
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CLASS="NAVHEADER"
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SUMMARY="Header navigation table"
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><TR
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><TH
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COLSPAN="3"
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ALIGN="center"
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>Remote Serial Console HOWTO</TH
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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ACCESSKEY="P"
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>Prev</A
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WIDTH="80%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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>Appendix A. Bugs and annoyances</TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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>Next</A
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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WIDTH="100%"></DIV
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CLASS="SECTION"
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><H1
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CLASS="SECTION"
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><A
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NAME="BUGS-MONITOR"
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></A
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>A.5. <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>init</SPAN
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> and
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>syslog</SPAN
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> output does not display on
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secondary consoles</H1
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><P
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>The kernel can be configured to output messages to the serial
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port and to the attached monitor. However messages from
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>init</SPAN
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> and
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>syslog</SPAN
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> only appear on the last-listed
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console device, in our case the serial port.</P
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><P
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>This can confuse someone looking at the attached monitor, as
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the messages on the monitor suggest that the machine has hung just
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before starting <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>init</SPAN
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>. Eventually the
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machine will finish booting and <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>getty</SPAN
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>
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will display a <TT
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CLASS="PROMPT"
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>login:</TT
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> request. A Post-it Note on
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the monitor may reassure the impatient.</P
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CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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HREF="bugs-reboot.html"
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ACCESSKEY="P"
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>Prev</A
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VALIGN="top"
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HREF="index.html"
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>Home</A
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VALIGN="top"
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HREF="bugs-whereami.html"
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>Next</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Modem hangs up upon reboot</TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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HREF="bugs.html"
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>Up</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="top"
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>The console is unresponsive after connecting</TD
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