Why can't I use the console?

[Max_10]

now the screen of my console is entirely dark.No matter what I did, It hadn't response. When I access the machine through LAN console, I couldn't get the write access.Below is the error message.

[Read only - use ^Ecf for console write access.]

[Request for console write access failed!]

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Funny that ^Ecf did not manage to bump the other write-enabled console you have into read-only mode.

Try connecting to the server over the network (via ssh or telnet) and terminate the processes on the hung console including the getty process for /dev/console (/etc/inittab should restart the getty process on the console).

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Max_10]

however now my condition is that i can't start the server.(something is wrong which lead the machine can't be boot successfully, but i don't know where), it's a new machine to me.I don't know its ip except the LAN console's IP.

[Vijeesh CTK]

Max,

what u do is switch off the server . connect to lan console.. and start the server. u will get the error message on the screen.
get that error message

press ^Ecf to go to console mode inthe lan console screen.


Vijeesh CTK

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

What server are you using? If it one of those that give the LCD of the bootup codes, check what boot code did it reach before hanging.

Can you try hooking up a dumb terminal console (or a graphical monitor) to this server?

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong