No text out in a graphic console

[Manuel Plaza]

Hi all,

We have an old HP9000/C110 workstation with a graphic console. At startup and shutdown time don't appear text messages in console, only appear dtlogin window. For to see startup and shutdown messages we have to connect a RS232 console. Do somebody know what is the problem ?
Thanks and regards,
Manuel

[Ollie R]

Hi Manuel,

What does the console device file look like?

ls -l /dev/console

Ollie.

[Manuel Plaza]

Hi Ollie,

Say:

"crw--w--w- 1 root sys 0 0x000000 Jun 28 13:23 /dev/console"

Thanks,

Manuel

[Ollie R]

Hi,

That looks OK.

Can you send a copy of your /etc/inittab?

Ollie.

[Ollie R]

Hi,

Also, what do /dev/syscon and /dev/systty look like?:

ls -l /dev/syscon /dev/systty

Ollie.

[Manuel Plaza]

Hi,

I have attached a copy of /etc/inittab. And this is out of ls command:

"crw--w--w- 2 bin bin 0 0x000000 Jun 28 13:21 /dev/syscon"

"crw--w--w- 2 bin bin 0 0x000000 Jun 28 13:21 /dev/systty"

Manuel

[Ollie R]

Hi,

Everything looks normal.

Is your graphics screen plugged into a separate graphics adapter maybe?

Do you see ANYTHING on this screen during boot-up?

Ollie.

[Manuel Plaza]

Hi,

No, It is connected to main graphic card. It doesn't appear nothing at boot time.

Manuel

[Ollie R]

Hi,

What does the following command give?:

grep -i console /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

Ollie.

[Alex Glennie]

O/S ? if this has never worked and depending on your patch level I'd suggest you may want to install either PHKL_25246 (10.20) or PHKL_26832 (11.00) + dependancies.

[Bernhard Mueller]

Hi,

looks like you would want to change the HW path for the console. You have do stop the boot process at BCH or PDC.

use ioscan and note down the HW path of your graphics console.

reboot and top at the BCH.
use

set con
bo pri

... there is also a possibility that the workstation has been secured (at BCH), then you will have NO access to BCH and will be unable to use the BREAK key when the startup scripts are running.

the only way to convert back to unsecured is to remove all bootable media (your disk) then reboot and the system will have no choice but put you on the BCH menu.

Regards,
Bernhard

[Manuel Plaza]

Hi,

The command:
"grep -i console /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log"
say
"Jun 28 13:21:55 ids-owl vmunix: System Console is on the Built-In Serial Interface"
because we have connected a RS232 consoloe due to graphic console don't work.

Manuel

[Manuel Plaza]

Hi,

I had not explained the exact situation. This is that when you turn on the workstation, don't appear nothing in graphic console before the dtlogin screen no at least the Boot Console Interface. If we connect a RS232 console, and we stop the boot proccess, we can check that the console path is correct: graphics3. The workstation only have one video out. This machine has been working properly during some years.

[Ollie R]

Hi Manuel,

Try this thread:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/0,,0xafe068da2286d711abdc0090277a778c,00.html

Ollie.