Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:02:04 -0400 | From | Timothy Wood <> | Subject | Re: "invalid character" problem with SMP and 2.3.3 (and newer) |
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Do you have the same problem when your CPUs are clocked properly?
Mumford wrote: > > I'm trying to migrate to a 2.3.X kernel to do some USB stuff. When I > fired up a 2.3.13. The computer accepts the username alright, but doesn't > give a password prompt. Instead it reprints the login prompt (overwriting > the one that was already there). Syslog says mingetty is giving an > 'invalid character' error. After a slight change to mingetty, I found > the invalid character it was getting was \0. > > The problem is not just with mingetty, however. I gave up on trying > to log in on the console and tried telnetting in. It was giving the > same symptoms (reprinting the login prompt). There were no messages > in syslog. I was able to rlogin in (no username/password required), > but once at a prompt, I could not do anything; no keystrokes appeared. > > I know this sounds like a usermode problem, but it's not happening if > I compile out SMP. I downloaded all the 2.3.X's and tracked down the > problem to 2.3.2/2.3.3. Something changed between those versions that > broke me. I've tried replacing 2.3.13's drivers/char/keyboard.c with > 2.3.2's with no luck. I also tried ALT-sysrq-r (reset the keyboard), > and trying a kernel without sysrq (both ideas are from another keyboard/ > SMP thread), both with no luck. > > So does anyone know what's going on? Does this have anything to do > with the glibc 2.1/SMP problem I've heard about? > > Details: > Board: Tyan Tiger 1832DL. Intel PIIX chipset support compiled in. > CPU's: Two 300A celeries o'clocked to 450 (no comments, please. > they work just fine for me :) > Keyboard: standard PS/2 style connector. > Mouse: standard PS/2 style connector. > Distrib: mandrake. redhat 6.0 based. glibc 2.1 > packages: everything is up-to-date with what's in the kernel Changes > file. > > - > Linux SMP list: FIRST see FAQ at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/ > To Unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe linux-smp" to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
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