Consoles

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

I have an alpha station 500.
The console is set into graphics mode.

The machine blocks somewhere in the beginning of the boot before the network is operational.

There is no screen or keyboard connected to it.
It only has console manager to access it.

It is not listening to control-p (and the console manager break control-k). control p is enabled in the variables.

How can I put the console in serial mode without using extra hardware ?

No solutions using a vt or so, no extra hardware may be used.

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

I forgot to mention that auto_action = boot

[Lokesh_2]

Hi Wim,

Are you not getting boot prompt when you shutodown at console manager ? If yes, why ?

Thanks & regars,
Lokesh

[Antoniov.]

Wim,
AFAIK if you set console serial, your terminal work only in text cell mode as an old VT terminal.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Q> Are you not getting boot prompt when you shutdown at console manager ? If yes, why ?

I don't get the control. Control p is not working. I can not get on the node with network, so I can't do a shutdown.

Is there some secret esc code perhaps ?

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Antonio,

That is just what I need for console mgr. Just an old vt.

[Lokesh_2]

Which console manager software you are using ? It it is PCM (Polycenter console manager) then try with this,

$ CONS CONN my_node/break=ctrl_a

Then press ctrl_a and the ctrl_p.

Thanks & regards,
Lokesh

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

TNG 2.1

Already tried with ctrl_a. Doesn't work.
control-c neither.

[Lokesh_2]

Hi Wim,

You do net get boot prompt at console manager even after power recycling ??

Best regards,
Lokesh

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Lokesh,

No prompt at al. Due to the autostart=boot.
Tried control everything several times. No results.