Re: Xorg startup with serial console
[email protected] (Volker A. Brandt)
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Hi Connor! > On a standard boot with an attached keyboard, i can start the Xserver > and it says it uses a console like this: > > [ 550.602] (--) Using wscons driver on /dev/ttyE1 in pcvt > compatibility mode (version 3.32) > [ 550.602] (--) using VT number 2 > > But when i do the boot via a serial connection without an attached > keyboard, i can not start the Xserver. > The error is that it would be missing a console driver: > > [ 1043.586] (EE) xf86OpenConsole: No console driver found > Supported drivers: pccons (with X support), pcvt, wscons > Check your kernel's console driver configuration and /dev entries(EE) If I remember correctly, the OBP will not initialize the console at all if no keyboard is detected. So the OS cannot see the console in the device tree, which is why you get this message. Regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Solaris-based Systems Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY Email: [email protected] Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead"