Console output disappears during startup/shutdown

Mark J. Sommer msommer at argotsoft.com
Mon Sep 26 07:20:09 PDT 2005


I'm hoping someone can help me here.  I've searched archives, but I haven't 
see anyone with this exact problem.

I'm running 5.3 and for a very long time startup and shutdown were normal.  
Suddenly, it has changed so that as soon as it loads the kernel, the console 
output disappears.  I've tried booting to a serial console and get the exact 
problem there.  It's as though the device is not recognized.  This came to 
head last week when the system shutdown because of a power surge and it 
wanted to boot into single user mode for file system fixes.  Even blind, I 
could tell it wasn't accepting input from the keyboard (serial or via the 
PS/2 port).  I'm thinking its some sort of configuration of the loader, but I 
can't find it.  I have a custom kernel built with this config, in case that's 
the probem.  Any ideas about how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

~Mark

kernel config file:
# LUZ -- LUZ kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386
#
# For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on
# Kernel Configuration Files:
#
#    
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html
#
# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
# if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
# FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
# latest information.
#
# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
# device lines is also present in the ../../conf/NOTES and NOTES files.
# If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first
# in NOTES.
#
# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.413.2.6.2.2 2004/10/24 18:02:52 
scottl Exp $

machine		i386
cpu		I486_CPU
cpu		I586_CPU
cpu		I686_CPU
ident		LUZ

# To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints
#hints		"GENERIC.hints"		# Default places to look for devices.

options 	SCHED_4BSD		# 4BSD scheduler
options 	INET			# InterNETworking
#options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
options 	FFS			# Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options 	SOFTUPDATES		# Enable FFS soft updates support
options 	UFS_ACL			# Support for access control lists
options 	UFS_DIRHASH		# Improve performance on big directories
options 	MD_ROOT			# MD is a potential root device
options 	NFSCLIENT		# Network Filesystem Client
options 	NFSSERVER		# Network Filesystem Server
options 	NFS_ROOT		# NFS usable as /, requires NFSCLIENT
options 	MSDOSFS			# MSDOS Filesystem
options 	CD9660			# ISO 9660 Filesystem
options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
options 	GEOM_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
options 	COMPAT_43		# Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
options 	SCSI_DELAY=10000	# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support
options 	SYSVSHM			# SYSV-style shared memory
options 	SYSVMSG			# SYSV-style message queues
options 	SYSVSEM			# SYSV-style semaphores
options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
options		COMPAT_LINUX
options		LINPROCFS
options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
options 	AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~128k to driver.
options 	AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~215k to driver.
options 	ADAPTIVE_GIANT		# Giant mutex is adaptive.
options		NETGRAPH_ECHO
options         NETGRAPH                #netgraph(4) system
options         NETGRAPH_ASYNC
options         NETGRAPH_BPF
options         NETGRAPH_CISCO
options         NETGRAPH_ECHO
options         NETGRAPH_ETHER
options         NETGRAPH_FRAME_RELAY
options         NETGRAPH_HOLE
options         NETGRAPH_IFACE
options         NETGRAPH_KSOCKET
options         NETGRAPH_LMI
# MPPC compression requires proprietary files (not included)
#options        NETGRAPH_MPPC_COMPRESSION
options         NETGRAPH_MPPC_ENCRYPTION
options         NETGRAPH_ONE2MANY
options         NETGRAPH_PPP
options         NETGRAPH_PPPOE
options         NETGRAPH_PPTPGRE
options         NETGRAPH_RFC1490
options         NETGRAPH_SOCKET
options         NETGRAPH_TEE
options         NETGRAPH_TTY
options         NETGRAPH_UI
options         NETGRAPH_VJC


device		apic		# I/O APIC

# Bus support.  Do not remove isa, even if you have no isa slots
device		isa
device		eisa
device		pci

# Floppy drives
device		fdc

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device		ata
device		atadisk		# ATA disk drives
#device		ataraid		# ATA RAID drives
device		atapicam	# ATAPI CAM driver
device		atapicd		# ATAPI CDROM drives
device		atapifd		# ATAPI floppy drives
#device		atapist		# ATAPI tape drives
options 	ATA_STATIC_ID	# Static device numbering

# SCSI Controllers
#device		ahb		# EISA AHA1742 family
device		ahc		# AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
#device		ahd		# AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
#device		amd		# AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
#device		isp		# Qlogic family
#device		mpt		# LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
#device		ncr		# NCR/Symbios Logic
#device		sym		# NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
#device		trm		# Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters

#device		adv		# Advansys SCSI adapters
#device		adw		# Advansys wide SCSI adapters
#device		aha		# Adaptec 154x SCSI adapters
#device		aic		# Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
#device		bt		# Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters

#device		ncv		# NCR 53C500
#device		nsp		# Workbit Ninja SCSI-3
#device		stg		# TMC 18C30/18C50

# SCSI peripherals
device		scbus		# SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
#device		ch		# SCSI media changers
device		da		# Direct Access (disks)
device		sa		# Sequential Access (tape etc)
device		cd		# CD
device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
#device		ses		# SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)

# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
#device		amr		# AMI MegaRAID
#device		asr		# DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID
#device		ciss		# Compaq Smart RAID 5*
#device		dpt		# DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
#device		hptmv		# Highpoint RocketRAID 182x
#device		iir		# Intel Integrated RAID
#device		ips		# IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
#device		mly		# Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
#device		twa		# 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID

# RAID controllers
#device		aac		# Adaptec FSA RAID
#device		aacp		# SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
#device		ida		# Compaq Smart RAID
#device		mlx		# Mylex DAC960 family
#device		pst		# Promise Supertrak SX6000
#device		twe		# 3ware ATA RAID

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device		atkbdc		# AT keyboard controller
device		atkbd		# AT keyboard
device		psm		# PS/2 mouse

device		vga		# VGA video card driver

device		splash		# Splash screen and screen saver support

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device		sc

# Enable this for the pcvt (VT220 compatible) console driver
#device		vt
#options 	XSERVER		# support for X server on a vt console
#options 	FAT_CURSOR	# start with block cursor

device		agp		# support several AGP chipsets

# Floating point support - do not disable.
device		npx

# Power management support (see NOTES for more options)
#device		apm
# Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.
device		pmtimer

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
# PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support
#device		cbb		# cardbus (yenta) bridge
#device		pccard		# PC Card (16-bit) bus
#device		cardbus		# CardBus (32-bit) bus

# Serial (COM) ports
device		sio		# 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports

# Parallel port
device		ppc
device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
device		lpt		# Printer
device		plip		# TCP/IP over parallel
device		ppi		# Parallel port interface device
#device		vpo		# Requires scbus and da

# If you've got a "dumb" serial or parallel PCI card that is
# supported by the puc(4) glue driver, uncomment the following
# line to enable it (connects to the sio and/or ppc drivers):
#device         puc

# PCI Ethernet NICs.
#device		de		# DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
#device		em		# Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card
#device		ixgb		# Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet Card
#device		txp		# 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
#device		vx		# 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
device		miibus		# MII bus support
#device		bfe		# Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
#device		bge		# Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
device		dc		# DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
device		fxp		# Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
#device		lge		# Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit ethernet
#device		nge		# NatSemi DP83820 gigabit ethernet
#device		pcn		# AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'lnc')
#device		re		# RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
#device		rl		# RealTek 8129/8139
#device		sf		# Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
#device		sis		# Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
#device		sk		# SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
#device		ste		# Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
#device		ti		# Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
#device		tl		# Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
#device		tx		# SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
#device		vge		# VIA VT612x gigabit ethernet
#device		vr		# VIA Rhine, Rhine II
#device		wb		# Winbond W89C840F
#device		xl		# 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')

# ISA Ethernet NICs.  pccard NICs included.
#device		cs		# Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0 NIC
# 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
#device		ed		# NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards
#device		ex		# Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+
#device		ep		# Etherlink III based cards
#device		fe		# Fujitsu MB8696x based cards
#device		ie		# EtherExpress 8/16, 3C507, StarLAN 10 etc.
#device		lnc		# NE2100, NE32-VL Lance Ethernet cards
#device		sn		# SMC's 9000 series of Ethernet chips
#device		xe		# Xircom pccard Ethernet

# ISA devices that use the old ISA shims
#device		le

# Wireless NIC cards
#device		wlan		# 802.11 support
#device		an		# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
#device		awi		# BayStack 660 and others
#device		wi		# WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
#device		wl		# Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC.

# Pseudo devices.
device		loop		# Network loopback
device		mem		# Memory and kernel memory devices
device		io		# I/O device
device		random		# Entropy device
device		ether		# Ethernet support
#device		sl		# Kernel SLIP
device		ppp		# Kernel PPP
device		tun		# Packet tunnel.
device		pty		# Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
device		md		# Memory "disks"
device		gif		# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
device		faith		# IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)

# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
device		bpf		# Berkeley packet filter

# USB support
device		uhci		# UHCI PCI->USB interface
device		ohci		# OHCI PCI->USB interface
device		usb		# USB Bus (required)
#device		udbp		# USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
device		ugen		# Generic
device		uhid		# "Human Interface Devices"
device		ukbd		# Keyboard
device		ulpt		# Printer
device		umass		# Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
device		ums		# Mouse
#device		urio		# Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
#device		uscanner	# Scanners
# USB Ethernet, requires mii
#device		aue		# ADMtek USB Ethernet
#device		axe		# ASIX Electronics USB Ethernet
#device		cue		# CATC USB Ethernet
#device		kue		# Kawasaki LSI USB Ethernet
#device		rue		# RealTek RTL8150 USB Ethernet

# FireWire support
device		firewire	# FireWire bus code
#device		sbp		# SCSI over FireWire (Requires scbus and da)
#device		fwe		# Ethernet over FireWire (non-standard!)

# Sound
#device		sound
#device          "snd_ad1816"
#device          "snd_als4000"
#device          snd_cmi
#device          "snd_cs4281"
#device          snd_csa
#device          "snd_ds1"
#device          "snd_emu10k1"
#device          "snd_es137x"
#device          snd_ess
#device          "snd_fm801"
#device          snd_gusc
#device          snd_ich
#device          snd_maestro
#device          "snd_maestro3"
#device          snd_mss
#device          snd_neomagic
#device          "snd_sb16"
#device          "snd_sb8"
#device          snd_sbc
#device          snd_solo
#device          "snd_t4dwave"
#device          "snd_via8233"
#device          "snd_via82c686"
#device          snd_vibes
#device          snd_uaudio



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