# [OmniOS-discuss] svc:/system/console-login:default wedges serial console

Paul B. Henson henson at acm.org
Tue Sep 3 04:11:03 UTC 2013

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    I'm trying to setup a serial console on a supermicro server and have run
    into a bit of a problem with the console login.

    It's the SOL port, which defaults to com3 on recent supermicro systems.
    I was able to install off the serial port by specifying
    "console=ttyc,ttyc-mode=115200,8,n,1,-" to grub, and that worked fine. I
    also used the eeprom command to set the same variables for booting the
    installed OS.

    The OS boots fine, and I see the "SunOS Release 5.11 Version
    omnios-b281e50 64-bit" banner, and as I have verbose booting enabled,
    all of the services starting, until "[ system/console-login:default
    starting (Console login) ]", at which point the console freezes. Logging
    into the system remotely, "echo foo > /dev/console" results in nothing.

    I tried disabling svc:/system/console-login:default, at which point the
    system booted, and complained:

    Requesting System Maintenance Mode
    (See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
    Console login service(s) cannot run

    in the middle of the services starting. After the box booted, logging in
    remotely and running "echo foo > /dev/console" resulted in "foo" showing
    up on the serial console.

    The console showed:

    Enter user name for system maintenance (control-d to bypass):

    If I typed the root username/password, the console logged me in and
    worked fine.

    But when I then enabled system/console-login:default, it printed "[
    system/console-login:default starting (Console login) ]" and the console
    wedged.

    Any ideas why the console login process is wedging up the serial
    console?

    Thanks...

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