Re: 2.2.9 won't boot--doesn't return from open("/dev/console"...

Matthew Vanecek (mev0003@unt.edu)
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 06:19:18 +0000

Steve Dodd wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 09:53:19PM +0000, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
>
> > Now, I did a little exploration and found where this message was
> > generated from. So I put in a couple of "printk"s around that area. It
> > seems like the errant line is the open of /dev/console:
>
> Try using right-alt+ScrLk to find out where the system is hanging (resolve
> the numbers against your System.map).. What is your /dev dir on - filesystem,
> drive type?
>

/dev is on /dev/hda1--the root fs. ext2. WD 1.23G HD.

There's a problem with you're suggestion, though. The keyboard is
locked up tight. There's no way I could try that. Caps lock, num lock,
CTL-ALT-DEL, nothing works.

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