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From: Stuart Longland <redhatter@g.o>
To: gentoo-mips@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] 2.6.12 mips-sources compile error
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:54:07
Message-Id: 1716.61.9.214.120.1120791231.squirrel@mail.longlandclan.hopto.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-mips] 2.6.12 mips-sources compile error by David Cummings
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4 David Cummings said:
5 > alright, now I have a new problem. I got a kernel to compile and
6 > boot(!), but it dies at "Starting local". The pertinant output
7 > follows. I am a little confused, but I have the idea that the new
8 > install guide doesn't use devfs, so my kerneld didn't either, but now
9 > I'm wondering...
10 > Anywho, let me know what you think:
11 >
12 > * Loading key mappings ...Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to
13 > the console
14 >
15 > * Error loading key mappings
16 > [ !!
17 > ]
18 > * Setting terminal encoding to ASCII .../etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71:
19 > /dev/tty1: No such device or address
20 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty2: No such device or address
21 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty3: No such device or address
22 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty4: No such device or address
23 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty5: No such device or address
24 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty6: No such device or address
25 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty7: No such device or address
26 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty8: No such device or address
27 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty9: No such device or address
28 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty10: No such device or address
29 > /etc/init.d/keymaps: line 71: /dev/tty11: No such device or address
30 > [ ok ]
31
32 Basically, processes are trying to get at the virtual terminals (tty1~12) to
33 set various options such as keymaps, and to set up login sessions, and failing
34 to do so. You need to use serial console on these boxes, which is described
35 in the Gentoo/MIPS Handbook[1].
36
37 I'd recommend disabling the 'keymaps' and 'consolefont' services at boot
38 (rc-update del keymaps ; rc-update del consolefont IIRC, could be 'rem'
39 instead too).
40
41 > * Setting user font ...Couldnt open //dev/tty1
42 > ---------------------------8<----------------------------
43 > INIT:
44 > Id "c4"
45 > IId "c2
46 > INIT: Id "c3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
47 > INIT: Id "c5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
48 > INIT: Id "c6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
49 > INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
50
51 Yep, init keeps trying to start getty's on those consoles, and they keep
52 failing. This is a symptom of not having true local consoles. See the above
53 link to the handbook on how to fix this.
54
55 (BTW: in future emails to the list, could you _please_ not top-post when
56 replying? It _really_ makes it difficult to read threads when posts end up in
57 reverse-cronological order, as one has to mentally, re-order the posts.)
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67 Footnotes:
68 1.
69 <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-mips.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap3>
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