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On 7/7/05, Stuart Longland <redhatter@g.o> wrote: |
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> David Cummings said: |
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> > alright, now I have a new problem. I got a kernel to compile and |
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> > boot(!), but it dies at "Starting local". The pertinant output |
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> > follows. I am a little confused, but I have the idea that the new |
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> > install guide doesn't use devfs, so my kerneld didn't either, but now |
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> > I'm wondering... |
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> > Anywho, let me know what you think: |
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> > |
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> > * Loading key mappings ...Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to |
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> > the console |
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> > |
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> > * Error loading key mappings |
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> > [ !! |
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> > ] |
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> > * Setting terminal encoding to ASCII .../etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: |
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> > /dev/tty1: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty2: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty3: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty4: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty5: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty6: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty7: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty8: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty9: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty10: No such device or address |
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> > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty11: No such device or address |
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> > [ ok ] |
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> |
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> Basically, processes are trying to get at the virtual terminals (tty1~12) to |
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> set various options such as keymaps, and to set up login sessions, and failing |
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> to do so. You need to use serial console on these boxes, which is described |
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> in the Gentoo/MIPS Handbook[1]. |
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> I'd recommend disabling the 'keymaps' and 'consolefont' services at boot |
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> (rc-update del keymaps ; rc-update del consolefont IIRC, could be 'rem' |
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> instead too). |
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> |
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> > * Setting user font ...Couldnt open //dev/tty1 |
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> > ---------------------------8<---------------------------- |
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> > INIT: |
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> > Id "c4" |
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> > IId "c2 |
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> > INIT: Id "c3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes |
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> > INIT: Id "c5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes |
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> > INIT: Id "c6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes |
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> > INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel |
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> |
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> Yep, init keeps trying to start getty's on those consoles, and they keep |
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> failing. This is a symptom of not having true local consoles. See the above |
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> link to the handbook on how to fix this. |
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> |
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> (BTW: in future emails to the list, could you _please_ not top-post when |
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> replying? It _really_ makes it difficult to read threads when posts end up in |
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> reverse-cronological order, as one has to mentally, re-order the posts.) |
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> - -- |
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> : ____ _ Stuart Longland (a.k.a Redhatter) |
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> Footnotes: |
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> 1. |
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> <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-mips.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap3> |
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Thanks for the tips. I ended up finding the INIT fix somewhere and got |
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that working, so the serial console works, and everything's groovy. |
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And yes, that is in the handbook. However, the commands for disabling |
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keymaps and consolefont are not, and although I could probably have |
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figured them out, I think it makes sense to have them in that section. |
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Is there a wiki somewhere? It took me a while to get this machine |
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running and there's a couple of things specific to the origin I found |
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helpful. And sorry for the top-posting, gmail makes it easy, hiding |
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the quoted text and putting the cursor at the top when I hit reply. Oh |
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well, that's what I get for web-based email. Thanks again, |
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-Dave |
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