Console Issues

[John Seth]

It shouldn't be attempting to display anything via serial.  I've had to
dump a Slackware 8.1 installation due to the fact I couldn't read the
display to read the dialog's.  RedHat installs using a GUI so as soon as
it loaded X, it was fine.

I've also attempted, on boot, and once loaded, to access other terminal,
1-6... nothing.  Once in X, I can drop to a to a terminal using
<ctrl><alt><F1>-<F6>...

  - Tony

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On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Robert Dege wrote:

>
> This is probably a long shot, but it might be possible that your linux box
> is booting via serial.  If you have it configured in your bootloader,
> it'll stop sending data to the monitor, and will start sending it to the
> COM Port.
>
> -Rob
>
> > have you tried logging into another tty? after the screen blanks use
> > CTRL+ALT+F2 to get a different virtual terminal, F1-F6 should be
> > avialable, F7 is where X loads.
> >
> > John Seth wrote:
> > > I'm curious if anyone else runs linux w/o installing X and has run into
> > > a problem similar to mine.  Normally, I run linux as a server, and don't
> > > install X, or, as in the case of my personal system here at home, a dual
> > > boot Win2K Pro w/ RH Linux 8.0.  Here's a quick breakdown:
> > >
> > > Intel PIII 933 w/ 576MB RAM
> > > NVidia GeForce 2 MX/400 64MB (no tv/out, made by PNY Technologies)
> > > Primary boot is Win2K
> > > Secondary boot is RedHat Linux 8.0 (recently upgraded from RH 7.3)
> > > ASUS CUVX-E Socket 370 Motherboard
> > > Delta DC-77 (17" MGC Monitor)
> > >
> > > Problem:
> > > Booting into linux, it displays the initrd message and then the screen
> > > goes black... no text, no kernel messages, nothing (there's is a faint
> > > glow, so it's not the monitor going off). This has started happening
> > > since I updated RedHat 7.3, and continued into a fresh install of 8.0.
> > > Thinking it was something in RH's config's or perhaps the VGA console
> > > modes, I tinkered with grub (i dislike lilo since it thinks 90% of my
> > > hard drives are over the limit for installing on the MBR of my main HD).
> > > While waiting for RH to release a fix, or to hear others post responses
> > > on various boards to this same question, I kept tinkering. Nothing. Only
> > > a few responses saying I must be mistyping "vga = normal"... I've tried
> > > that and my normal 'vga = 773'...
> > >
> > > So after having entered "vga = normal" various times and in different
> > > configurations, I've come up empty handed.  Apparently it's not just RH,
> > > my Slackware 8.0 & 8.1 did the same thing, and since systems like
> > > Slackware boot directly into the console, you have to blindly log in,
> > > then type startx (hoping you typed it all corrrectly).  X would load and
> > > then after quitting X, my console is back to normal.  I have RH 8 set to
> > > load directly into Gnome and then I can drop it back into the console if
> > > I want.
> > >
> > > My guess is it's something with the kernel, or with some frame buffering
> > > thing having to do with NVidia cards... anyone else have this issue?
> > > What is the scoop with NVidia and linux framebuffering ? Links to valid
> > > discussions on this frame-buffering issue are welcome if it's true. Does
> > > anyone else know of a work around?  I tried recompiling the kernel, but
> > > apparently I'm recompiling the same features in, as it's not fixing my
> > > problem. I like X, but I can maneuver around without just as easily...
> > > I'd rather not have to boot into X to get my console if I don't really
> > > want to.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >       Tony
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Darin Perusich
> > Unix Systems Administrator
> > Cognigen Corp.
> > darinper at cognigencorp.com
> >
> >
> >
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> Dege
>
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