Subject: Re: Console problem w/ 1.3.3
To: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.Stanford.EDU>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-pmax
Date: 02/05/1999 16:13:20
>I'm running 1.3.3 on a 5000/125, and am getting weird console problems. At
>first I thought they were xfs grabbing it. But they happen even w/ xfs
>disabled.
>
>Pressing keys seems to have random effects. "h", "shift", "ctrl", all
>produce "i". Some other keys prodice "7" (can't tell, getty wants a
>password).
>
>I think it's a stock 1.3.3 install.
>
>Thoughts?

One way this can happen (under 1.3.2 or newer) is if you leave entries
for /dev/tty{b,d} in /etc/ttys.  Even if the ttys are marked `off',
the sttyflags early in boot will reset them to `default' state -- 9600,8,none
The lk-201/4xx keep talking at 4800, hence the `i's.

Fix: Don't just set ttyb or ttyd in /etc/ttys to off, comment it right tout.