[ECOS] Re: Problems with RedBoot on x86 generic pc...

[Mats Nordlund <Mats.J.Nordlund@telia.se>]

Yes, the local keyboard/display input/output works fine. When a have a
serial terminal connected, I can see the startup screen (the RedBoot
prompt), but after that the serial terminal doesn't show the commands
given on the local keyboard. It seems like the serial output works until
the prompt, but not after. The serial input does not receive any
commands sent from the terminal application. After bootup, I have tried
to switch to the other serial output of the RedBoot machine, with no
success.

/ Mats

"Trenton D. Adams" wrote:
> 
> Yep, sounds like the same problem as mine.  I find it weird that anyone
> gets it going because every type of system I've tried it on I get the
> same result.  It's extremely odd.  You would think that at the very
> least the Screen/keyboard interface would be functional.  Afterall,
> those should be standard BIOS interrupt calls.  Of course eCos probably
> doesn't use the BIOS except to start.
> 
> Does the screen/keyboard interface work for you?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [ mailto:ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com ] On Behalf Of Mats
> Nordlund
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 5:46 AM
> To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
> Cc: tadams@extremeeng.com
> Subject: [ECOS] Re: Problems with RedBoot on x86 generic pc...
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I also have the same problem; the PC boots from floppy and
> displays the startup screen on the serial interface. But I get no
> response when trying to send keyboard strokes over the serial line.
> Tried to switch serial ports. Tried to boot on 3-4 different machines
> with the same result. Also tried two different machines as terminal (in
> addition, with different terminal applications).
> 
> I also rebuilt i386-pc RedBoot using ct2 and the latest CVS without any
> improvements (the same result as using the pre-built redboot.bin).
> 
> Seems like RedBoot doesn't read my serial line. It could be useful to
> see which serial input RedBoot chooses.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> br
> 
> / Mats
> 
> >
> > Anyway, my current problem is with RedBoot. I built the x86 version
> and
> > booted with the diskette. It seems to come up, and I see a RedBoot
> > prompt on my screen. I'm assuming that even though I can see it on the
> > local console, the local console isn't active, right? So, I have to
> use
> > a serial port or network, right?