>>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Lameter <[email protected]> writes:
Christoph> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, John Stoffel wrote:
Christoph> I use a serial console on my x86_84 box. For a while now I
Christoph> can see all output but I cannot type any
Christoph> characters. /dev/console broke?
>>
>> I've sorta seen this problem too, but with gdm. If I have my kernel
>> line setup like this:
>>
>> ... console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8
>>
>> I have to stop and restart gdm (or switch to the XDMCP chooser and
>> back) to get keyoard access. Wierd.
>>
Christoph> Simple WAR is to ssh into the box and I was usually too
Christoph> focused on other issues to do something about it.
>>
>> Are you trying to access an X login prompter, or just a plain Virtual
>> Console tty?
Christoph> No X on the machine. And this is a serial console that
Christoph> works fine with 2.6.21-rcX.
Ok, no idea then. It's working for me in 2.6.21-rc7 as long as I
don't have more than one console= entry in my kernel boot args.
John
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