Re: syscons not running?

On Tuesday 07 March 2006 01:46, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> Milan Obuch wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am testing 7.0-CURRENT on my TabletPC TC1000. For some time I am
> > getting $SUBJECT messages when booting - just after 'Starting devd.'
> > line. Next comes 'Configuring syscons: blanktime.' line. So question is -
> > what does $SUBJECT line mean? Is it error? Serious? Harmless? Does not
> > makes much sense to me. By the way, today I do full system rebuild
> > exactly as described
> > in /usr/src/Makefile from sources cvsupped today morning.
>
> you did not give us more details about your setup. i assume that you are
>    booting your system with the usb keyboard attached.
>
> imo, 'syscons not running?' message is harmless. it is caused by
>
> /etc/rc.syscons restart
>
> part of the ukbd(4) attach 'action' in /etc/devd.conf.
>
> thanks,
> max

Yes, you are right - there is detachable keyboard connected via USB on TC1000. 
Any more details on my setup useful to analyse this further? I can live with 
this, if it is harmless...

However, this message gets written on screen even when booting with this 
keyboard detached. At least once.

There is no /etc/rc.syscons - at least at my system. I assume you 
mean /etc/rc.d/syscons.

I did test it couple of times without keyboard, again, and this time message 
disappeared. With USB keyboard attached back, message reappears. So I think 
your idea is correct. Just a question - if it is not a bug, why this message 
at all?

By the way, when doing these tests, once there was a problem - after attaching 
USB keyboard after booting, kernel detected ukbd0 arriving, but keyboard was 
'dead' - no response to typing. After detaching it and attaching again, it 
worked. No idea why - but no idea anyway, how can I debug such a situation.

Thanks for assistance.

Regards,
Milan

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