[svlug] serial console slowness

[Arthur Thomas]

Emmanual-Robert, 

Thank you for your suggestions

Today I finally got it working with the below changes.

In my /etc/lilo.conf file I have :

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20smp
        label=linux
        append="console=ttyS0,9600n8"
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20smp.img
        read-only                                                               
        root=/dev/sda7  

and in my /etc/inittab I have :

# Run gettys in standard runlevels                                              
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1                                              
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2                                              
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3                                              
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4                                              
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5                                              
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6                                              
7:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 DT9600 vt100 

any ideas on that?

arthur

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 07:40:25PM -0700 Emmanuel-Robert Mayssat decided to say:

> Try to use the console on your computer as well
> linux console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0
> 
> Then run minicom on the console server, and try to configure the
> serial port properly with the right options ...
> 
> I would say that your serial link is not configured properly,
> but thanks to minicom you can change the config almost real time.
> 
> just an idea ...
> 
> --
> Emmanuel
> 
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 19:24:27 PDT
> | From:  Arthur Thomas <arthur at sitesmith.com>
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> |
> | i put
> | 
> | image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14                                                   
> |         append = "console=ttyS0,9600"                                        
> |         label=linux                                                          
> |         read-only                                                            
> |         root=/dev/sda1  
> | 
> | in my /etc/lilo.conf and i reran /sbin/lilo 
> | 
> | when I reboot, i get serial console access but it's real slow. normally my
> | server would be at a login prompt in around 30-45 seconds using the vga card.
> | on the serial port, it's taking about 5 minutes for a login prompt. the dmesg
> | scrolls by at a snails pace.
> | 
> | any ideas on how to remedy this?
> | 
> | Arthur Thomas				          Sitesmith, Inc.
> | arthur at sitesmith.com 		              phone: 408.987.6405
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Arthur Thomas				          Sitesmith, Inc.
arthur at sitesmith.com 		              phone: 408.987.6405
Site Engineer		                  24x7 ICCC: 888.898.7667

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