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Re: SX164 and 3.2 - fails to give login prompt: msg#00004

Subject: Re: SX164 and 3.2 - fails to give login prompt
> I have just done a clean install of 3.2 on my SX164. Previously running 3.0
> after some minor initial "teething problems".
[...]
> Reboot to multi-user results in an apparent "hang" without getting to the
> login prompt (see below for details).
> The machine is "alive" however, and can be pinged and logged into via the
> network (again see below - I enabled telnetd for testing purposes).
[...]
> com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> com0: console

You are running on serial console.
There is a known problem on alpha, where no getty is listening on serial
ports by default.

You can fix this by editing /etc/ttys and enable the tty00 (and tty01 if
you want to make use of the second serial port too) entries.

Miod




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