freebsd stable - Feb 2008 - Single user mode behaviour with serial console in 7.0RC2

Hi,

I have built a FreeBSD 7.0RC2 system to use both the serial and video 
consoles.

I find that when I drop into single user mode (shutdown now) on the terminal 
connected to the box itself I do not see the single user mode prompt on the 
serial console terminal.

Likewise, when I drop to single user mode on the serial console I do not see 
the single user prompt on the terminal connected to the box itself.

Is this expected, or have I configured something incorrectly?

In /etc/make.conf I have BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED=115200

In my kernel configuration file I have:

options         CONSPEED=115200

I have rebuilt and installed world and the kernel.

In /etc/ttys I have
ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" vt100 on secure

I have also re-installed the bootstrap code:

cd /usr/src/sys/boot
make install
bsdlabel -B bootPartition

In /boot/loader.conf I have

boot_multicon="YES"
boot_serial="YES"
comconsole_speed="115200"
console="vidconsole,comconsole"

Kind regards,

Geoff

On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 11:51:46PM +1100, Geoff Roberts
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have built a FreeBSD 7.0RC2 system to use both the serial and video 
> consoles.
> 
> I find that when I drop into single user mode (shutdown now) on the
terminal
> connected to the box itself I do not see the single user mode prompt on the
> serial console terminal.
> 
> Likewise, when I drop to single user mode on the serial console I do not
see
> the single user prompt on the terminal connected to the box itself.
> 
> Is this expected, or have I configured something incorrectly?
FreeBSD does not support 100% dual-console configuration under all
stages of use; that is to say, single-user prompts will be output to
either VGA or serial console, but not both.

Some additional tips:
> In /etc/make.conf I have BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED=115200
Not required if you use -S115200 in /boot.config.
> options         CONSPEED=115200
Not needed; see above.
> boot_multicon="YES"
> boot_serial="YES"
> comconsole_speed="115200"
> console="vidconsole,comconsole"
Not needed if -Dh is added to /boot.config (e.g. -S115200 -Dh).  Hope
this helps.

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