Fw: no console in single user at boot time !

sorry, I sent this message in -net instead of -current.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cyrille Lefevre" <clefevre-lists_at_9online.fr>
To: "freebsd net" <freebsd-net_at_FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:14 PM
Subject: no console in single user at boot time !


> Hi,
>
> at boot time, while the kernel is loaded, while the start (-/|\)
> usually turns, it stop to turn and the pc console isn't accessible
> until /etc/rc.d/syscons is run. I don't see the Copyright notices.
> the only thing which happen is that the screen flash during the
> vesa initialisation. for instance, I've set-up a serial console to
> solve boot time problems, but I don't know how to fix this one !
> this problem also occur with the GENERIC kernel.
>
> I've booted w/ and w/o hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" with no luck.
>
> any idea ?
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> last cvsup/update/buildworld/buildkernel is from saturday.
> kern.osreldate is 502112
> uname -a is :
> FreeBSD gits 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #14: Mon Apr 19 05:29:50 CEST
2004
root_at_gits:/disk3/freebsd/current/obj/disk3/freebsd/current/src/sys/CUSTOM  i386
>
> in attachment, /etc/devices.hints, /etc/rc.conf.local, /sys/i386/conf/CUSTOM,
> and /var/run/dmesg.boot.


Cyrille Lefevre.
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