Subject: Re: vt320 as console?
To: behind brown eyes <benji@haven.boston.ma.us>
From: Matthew N. Dodd <winter@jurai.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/22/1996 04:26:12
On Sat, 20 Jan 1996, behind brown eyes wrote:
> I'm trying to use a vt320 as the console on my NetBSD/sparc Sun 4/330. The
> terminal works fine until init kicks in (that is, until just after "root on
> sd0a" is printed), and then spits out garbage. Looking in /var/log/messages,
> there are numerous "init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console,
> sleeping" message. I've tried various combinations of /etc/ttys entries and
> terminal configuration tweaking, all to no avail.
Just guessing, but it sounds like you don't have the same
speed/settings in NVRAM setup and in /etc/ttys.
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