>Number:         17919
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       kernel crash with serial console
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Aug 12 14:17:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Thilo Mezger
>Release:        1.6_RC1
>Organization:
TMX
>Environment:
NetBSD 1.6_RC1 (GENERIC_ISDN) #0: Mon Aug 12 22:10:10 CEST 2002
    root@argos:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC_ISDN
>Description:
I have an i386 machine with no video card installed and no keyboard attached.  Instead, I have connected a VT220 clone to com0 that I'm using as a serial console (standard 9600 baud, everything default).  As soon as I turn off the terminal the kernel crashes and a friendly "db>" waits for me when I turn on the terminal again.  "trace" shows something with "comintr" - sorry to be to unprecise here but I've never used the kernel debugger before.  If someone could assist me I can also provide a core dump if needed.


>How-To-Repeat:
Turn off the serial console.
>Fix:

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