On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Kevin Sullivan wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Nov 1997 11:59:31 EST, Kevin Sullivan says
> >I've just put 1.3_ALPHA on a new Pentium; this machine is destined to be 
> a
> >"random service" machine (ntp, samba, amanda, etc).  I've configured the 
> >bootblocks to use a serial console and am booting with a generic kernel.  
> >I've found an odd problem, though; whenever I turn off the terminal 
> (which
> >is on the console serial port) the machine hangs.  The machine starts up 
> >again when the terminal is turned back on (though sometimes it has been 
> >thrown into ddb).
> 
> Odd.  I built a new (non-generic) kernel from today's sources and the 
> problem seems to have vanished.  The machine is now quite happy with a 
> disconnected serial console.  I'd still be interested in knowing *why* it 
> happened before, though, if anyone has any insights :-)

Well, diff the config files. :-)

On many ports, sending a "break" will drop the machine into the debugger.
It's supposed to. :-)

I'm not sure why it wouldn't drop into the debugger, unless a floating
input triggered a lot of interrupts.

Take care,

Bill