Re: Booting and Keyboard Input

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1 total messages Started by brian Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:33

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Author: brian
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:33

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As enscripted by Taso Hatzi:
>
>
> At some point in time after a kernel reconfiguration, the following problem
> appeared:
>
> The kernel boots until it gets to the 'Type Control-d to etc.'
> stage. At that point, what I type at the console keyboard doesn't
> get through to the program which did the prompting. It seems that
> the input is in some sort of raw mode. If I let the system time
> out and boot itself in multi-user mode the console works as expected.
> Can anyone shed some light on the subject?
>
This sure sounds like it should be a FAQ if not already.

Anyway, a file in /etc called ioctl.syscon is not correct.  Remove the file,
then reboot the system and be sure to let it autoboot.  It will be recreated.

I have never had any luck with removing the file and answering all the boot
up prompts.

brian

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Brian J. Murrell                                        brian@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca
InterLinx Support Services, Inc.                        uunet!van-bc!ilinx!brian
North Vancouver, B.C.
        Platform and Brand Independent UNIX Support - R3.2 - R4 - BSD

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