freebsd stable - May 2006 - Messages from rc-scripts are not displayed at all

Hello everyone.

Got a problem on FreeBSD 6.1.
After kernel boot messages there are no messages 
from rc scripts until login prompt displayed 
(but rc scripts are started OK).
Boot process looks like:

 Mounting root from /dev/ad0s1 <last kernel message>
 <here is a long pause while rc scripts started>
 FreeBSD/i386 (frenzy) (ttyv0)

 login:

This bug was seen not on all computers. Currently
I found 3 PC with this problem (two on AMD platform,
one on Intel). Video adapters on them are also 
different.

Any suggestions?

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.O. | Sergei Mozhaisky
..O | http://frenzy.org.ua/
OOO | http://frenzytechnix.livejournal.com/

> This bug was seen not on all computers. Currently
> I found 3 PC with this problem (two on AMD platform,
> one on Intel). Video adapters on them are also
> different.
>
> Any suggestions?
Its really unlikely to be a video adapter problem.  You
could debug this by adding a 'set -x' to the beginning
of /etc/rc.


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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Sergei Mozhaisky
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:57 AM
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Messages from rc-scripts are not displayed at all

Hello everyone.

Got a problem on FreeBSD 6.1.
After kernel boot messages there are no messages from rc scripts until
login prompt displayed (but rc scripts are started OK).
Boot process looks like:

 Mounting root from /dev/ad0s1 <last kernel message>  <here is a long
pause while rc scripts started>
 FreeBSD/i386 (frenzy) (ttyv0)

 login:

This bug was seen not on all computers. Currently I found 3 PC with this
problem (two on AMD platform, one on Intel). Video adapters on them are
also different.

Any suggestions?

-- 

.O. | Sergei Mozhaisky
..O | http://frenzy.org.ua/
OOO | http://frenzytechnix.livejournal.com/


I am seeing this, too. dmesg is not getting anything from the later
scripting (in my case, notably from /etc/rc.d/iwi.sh). and
/var/log/messages did not get _anything_ on the Gx280 for several days.
These are RELENG_6 from last week (after 6.1 release date) on both a
Dell Gx280 and an Inspiron 6000.

Updated: I just did cvs/build/install world yesterday (Tuesday 5/16) on
the Gx280 and the /var/log/messages log is now getting updates. I'll try
a rebuild on the laptop tonight and see if it clears both problems there
too.

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 I didn't get a toy train like the other kids. I got a toy subway
instead. You couldn't see anything, but every now and then you'd hear
this rumbling noise go by. - Steven Wright

Hello.

Yesss!!! At last we found the source of problem!

The problem with displaying messages from rc-scripts caused
by option "dcons_crom" in kernel (dumb console on Firewire).
When it is enabled on PC with FireWire port, all output 
goes there instead of system console. Disabling this 
option solved the problem.

So I have one more question - why this option causes
so strange effect? This is a bug or a feature?

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.O. | Sergei Mozhaisky
..O | http://frenzy.org.ua/
OOO | http://frenzytechnix.livejournal.com/