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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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> * 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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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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> * 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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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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(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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Footnotes: |
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<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-mips.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap3> |
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