Serial console on a Sun Netra T1115 and kernel 2.6.11

tunkaflux · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 76

Hi all,

I've just switched from a 2.4.x kernel to a 2.6.x kernel on my Sun Netra T1125. I seem to have a problem with my serial console now. In 2.4 I got a nice login prompt, but not anymore.

I see the kernel boot messages on my console, however, I don't see the output from the Gentoo rc scripts and I don't get a prompt.

Is there something that I forgot to put in my kernel? Or is this normal?

Kind regards,
T.

squash · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Jun 2002 Posts: 79

Hello,

2.6 is not a good ida on Sparc systems right now, particularly SMP ones such as the Ultra60.
Console support has been a bit flaky with the recent kernels as well, but are secondary to the main issues (hard locks)

Josh

tunkaflux · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 76

Well, than I have a problem

I want to be able to run KDE on my Netra, but it seems that on the 2.4.x kernel, Kicker crashes. It doesn't crash on 2.6.x, but then again I also need serial console and stable system...

Any suggestions?

tunkaflux · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 76

Ok, tried running KDE 3.4 and 3.3.2 with kernel 2.6.x, kicker still crashes.

Any suggestions?