From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: RE: [9fans] boot halts after "version..." From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-bsbxabeudqivyslymbvezpfslv" Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 17:22:47 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 87b1054e-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-bsbxabeudqivyslymbvezpfslv Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit here's a possibility: /sys/src/cmd/auth/factotum/util.c:648: readcons(char *prompt, char *def, int raw) interprets 0x7F when it reads /dev/cons in raw mode. i suspect that something (presumably via /sys/src/9/boot) is causing factotum to prompt for a key but for some reason factotum's prompt isn't appearing. --upas-bsbxabeudqivyslymbvezpfslv Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk id 1020442198:10:19302:26; Fri, 03 May 2002 16:09:58 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1018882; 3 May 2002 16:09 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.18.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id D14D5199BC; Fri, 3 May 2002 12:04:07 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from mimesweeper.pigroup.co.uk (mailgate.pitechnology.co.uk [194.203.134.3]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 5492219A64 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 3 May 2002 12:03:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from eagle.pigroup.co.uk (unverified) by mimesweeper.pigroup.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 03 May 2002 16:56:32 +0100 Received: by eagle.pigroup.co.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 3 May 2002 17:04:06 +0100 Message-Id: To: "'9fans@cse.psu.edu'" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: RE: [9fans] boot halts after "version..." MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 17:04:03 +0100 the system is at home and i'm not. but i tried typing a variety of things at it and nothing had any effect until del. it could be coincidence. it did respond to ^T^Tp but i didn't note the results down. kfs and factotum were running. i'll do further experiments. stephen -- Stephen Parker. Pi Technology. +44 (0)1223 203438. > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Cox [mailto:rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com] > Sent: 03 May 2002 16:42 > To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu > Subject: Re: [9fans] boot halts after "version..." > > > > after fiddling with plan9.ini my pc (boot and kfs off local drive) > > now pauses after kfs... version... > > > > if i press del it continues to time... but otherwise hangs for > > at least several minutes. > > what if you type "criswell" instead? > > i don't see why del should do anything -- del is only special > to rio. as far as the kernel is concerned, del is just another > keystroke at the point you're at. > > it could be that we've screwed up scheduling and typing > generates interrupts which keep the system going, but i don't > really think that's true. can you type ^t ^t p without > making it continue? if so, it'd be nice to know what the > kfs lines look like. > > russ > --upas-bsbxabeudqivyslymbvezpfslv--