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Issue with console prompt
Hello,

Recently a few of our servers have been experiencing very strange
characters when connecting via conserver. It looks like this:

Ìoçiî iîcorrectäorîocè coîóole loçiî: äorîocè coîóole loçiî: äorîocè coîóole loçiî: [disconnect]

There is basically a 1 to 1 "translation", so "Ìoçiî" is "login", etc.
I've tried playing around with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just
made it worse. This originally occurred on one server, but that server was
cloned to another and now the new one has the same problem,
so it appears to be something on the server itself. Both are Solaris 10,
and I compared /etc/inittab to a working system and the console
lines appeared to be identical:

smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog
</dev/console

Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Tim
Re: Issue with console prompt [ In reply to ]
This looks more like a parity issue than a baud rate issue.

John


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> Hello,
>
> Recently a few of our servers have been experiencing very strange=20
> characters when connecting via conserver. It looks like this:
>
> =CCo=E7i=EE i=EEcorrect=E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 c=
> o=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: [disconnect]
>
> There is basically a 1 to 1 "translation", so "=CCo=E7i=EE" is "login", etc=
> .=20
> I've tried playing around with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just
> made it worse. This originally occurred on one server, but that server was =
>
> cloned to another and now the new one has the same problem,
> so it appears to be something on the server itself. Both are Solaris 10,=20
> and I compared /etc/inittab to a working system and the console
> lines appeared to be identical:
>
> smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog=20
> </dev/console
>
> Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Hello,</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Recently a few of our servers have b=
> een
> experiencing very strange characters when connecting via conserver. It
> looks like this:</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">=CCo=E7i=EE&nbsp;i=EEcorrect=E4or=EE=
> oc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;=E4or=EEoc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&=
> nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;=E4or=EEoc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;[d=
> isconnect]</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">There is basically a 1 to 1 &quot;tr=
> anslation&quot;,
> so &quot;=CCo=E7i=EE&quot; is &quot;login&quot;, etc. I've tried playing ar=
> ound
> with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">made it worse. This originally occur=
> red
> on one server, but that server was cloned to another and now the new one
> has the same problem,</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">so it appears to be something on the
> server itself. Both are Solaris 10, and I compared /etc/inittab to a working
> system and the console</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">lines appeared to be identical:</fon=
> t>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd
> &nbsp; &nbsp;&gt;/dev/msglog 2&lt;&gt;/dev/msglog &lt;/dev/console</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Any help on how to fix this would be
> appreciated.</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Thanks,</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Tim</font>
> <br>
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Re: Issue with console prompt [ In reply to ]
Hi John,

I looked around in svccfg for any information concerning ttymon, but I'm
not sure that's the right place... I did check the eeprom
setting though:

# eeprom |grep ttya
ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
ttya-ignore-cd=true
ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-

and that matches other working systems. Is ttya the console connection?
(That also shows the baud rate matches what the conserver.cf says - 9600.)

Thanks,
-Tim




John Hascall <john@iastate.edu>





04/10/2008 09:05 AM

From
John Hascall <john@iastate.edu>
To
SEBRINT@nationwide.com
cc
users@conserver.com
Subject
Re: Issue with console prompt







This looks more like a parity issue than a baud rate issue.

John


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> Hello,
>
> Recently a few of our servers have been experiencing very strange=20
> characters when connecting via conserver. It looks like this:
>
> =CCo=E7i=EE i=EEcorrect=E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE:
=E4or=EEoc=E8 c=
> o=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: [disconnect]
>
> There is basically a 1 to 1 "translation", so "=CCo=E7i=EE" is "login",
etc=
> .=20
> I've tried playing around with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just
> made it worse. This originally occurred on one server, but that server
was =
>
> cloned to another and now the new one has the same problem,
> so it appears to be something on the server itself. Both are Solaris
10,=20
> and I compared /etc/inittab to a working system and the console
> lines appeared to be identical:
>
> smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog=20
> </dev/console
>
> Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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>
>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Hello,</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Recently a few of our servers
have b=
> een
> experiencing very strange characters when connecting via conserver. It
> looks like this:</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2
face=3D"sans-serif">=CCo=E7i=EE&nbsp;i=EEcorrect=E4or=EE=
>
oc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;=E4or=EEoc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&=
>
nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;=E4or=EEoc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;[d=
> isconnect]</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">There is basically a 1 to 1
&quot;tr=
> anslation&quot;,
> so &quot;=CCo=E7i=EE&quot; is &quot;login&quot;, etc. I've tried playing
ar=
> ound
> with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">made it worse. This originally
occur=
> red
> on one server, but that server was cloned to another and now the new one
> has the same problem,</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">so it appears to be something on
the
> server itself. Both are Solaris 10, and I compared /etc/inittab to a
working
> system and the console</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">lines appeared to be
identical:</fon=
> t>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2
face=3D"sans-serif">smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd
> &nbsp; &nbsp;&gt;/dev/msglog 2&lt;&gt;/dev/msglog
&lt;/dev/console</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Any help on how to fix this would
be
> appreciated.</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Thanks,</font>
> <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Tim</font>
> <br>
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Re: Issue with console prompt [ In reply to ]
Have you tried new cables?

On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 09:19 -0400, SEBRINT@nationwide.com wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> I looked around in svccfg for any information concerning ttymon, but
> I'm not sure that's the right place... I did check the eeprom
> setting though:
>
> # eeprom |grep ttya
> ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
> ttya-ignore-cd=true
> ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
>
> and that matches other working systems. Is ttya the console
> connection? (That also shows the baud rate matches what the
> conserver.cf says - 9600.)
>
> Thanks,
> -Tim
>
>
>
> John Hascall <john@iastate.edu>
>
>
>
>
>
> 04/10/2008 09:05 AM
> From
> John Hascall
> <john@iastate.edu>
> To
> SEBRINT@nationwide.com
> cc
> users@conserver.com
> Subject
> Re: Issue with
> console prompt
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> This looks more like a parity issue than a baud rate issue.
>
> John
>
>
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> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Recently a few of our servers have been experiencing very strange=20
> > characters when connecting via conserver. It looks like this:
> >
> > =CCo=E7i=EE i=EEcorrect=E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE:
> =E4or=EEoc=E8 c=
> > o=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE:
> [disconnect]
> >
> > There is basically a 1 to 1 "translation", so "=CCo=E7i=EE" is
> "login", etc=
> > .=20
> > I've tried playing around with the baud in conserver.cf, but that
> just
> > made it worse. This originally occurred on one server, but that
> server was =
> >
> > cloned to another and now the new one has the same problem,
> > so it appears to be something on the server itself. Both are Solaris
> 10,=20
> > and I compared /etc/inittab to a working system and the console
> > lines appeared to be identical:
> >
> > smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd >/dev/msglog
> 2<>/dev/msglog=20
> > </dev/console
> >
> > Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
> >
> > --=_alternative 004580E285257427_=
> > Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> >
> >
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Hello,</font>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Recently a few of our servers
> have b=
> > een
> > experiencing very strange characters when connecting via conserver.
> It
> > looks like this:</font>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2
> face=3D"sans-serif">=CCo=E7i=EE&nbsp;i=EEcorrect=E4or=EE=
> >
> oc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;=E4or=EEoc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&=
> >
> nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;=E4or=EEoc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;[d=
> > isconnect]</font>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">There is basically a 1 to 1
> &quot;tr=
> > anslation&quot;,
> > so &quot;=CCo=E7i=EE&quot; is &quot;login&quot;, etc. I've tried
> playing ar=
> > ound
> > with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">made it worse. This
> originally occur=
> > red
> > on one server, but that server was cloned to another and now the new
> one
> > has the same problem,</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">so it appears to be something
> on the
> > server itself. Both are Solaris 10, and I compared /etc/inittab to a
> working
> > system and the console</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">lines appeared to be
> identical:</fon=
> > t>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2
> face=3D"sans-serif">smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd
> > &nbsp; &nbsp;&gt;/dev/msglog 2&lt;&gt;/dev/msglog
> &lt;/dev/console</font>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Any help on how to fix this
> would be
> > appreciated.</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Thanks,</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Tim</font>
> > <br>
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Re: Issue with console prompt [ In reply to ]
John nailed the issue earlier... just confirmed that the parity setting
was the culprit. I tried 'stty < /dev/console' and it had 'evenp' as a
setting. I issued 'stty -evenp < /dev/console' and then checked again, and
then the setting was '-parity' and the console worked fine.

Thanks a lot for all of your help!
-Tim




Chris Fowler <cfowler@outpostsentinel.com>





04/10/2008 09:52 AM
Please respond to cfowler@outpostsentinel.com

From
Chris Fowler <cfowler@outpostsentinel.com>
To
SEBRINT@nationwide.com
cc
users@conserver.com
Subject
Re: Issue with console prompt






Have you tried new cables?

On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 09:19 -0400, SEBRINT@nationwide.com wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> I looked around in svccfg for any information concerning ttymon, but
> I'm not sure that's the right place... I did check the eeprom
> setting though:
>
> # eeprom |grep ttya
> ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
> ttya-ignore-cd=true
> ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
>
> and that matches other working systems. Is ttya the console
> connection? (That also shows the baud rate matches what the
> conserver.cf says - 9600.)
>
> Thanks,
> -Tim
>
>
>
> John Hascall <john@iastate.edu>
>
>
>
>
>
> 04/10/2008 09:05 AM
> From
> John Hascall
> <john@iastate.edu>
> To
> SEBRINT@nationwide.com
> cc
> users@conserver.com
> Subject
> Re: Issue with
> console prompt
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> This looks more like a parity issue than a baud rate issue.
>
> John
>
>
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> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Recently a few of our servers have been experiencing very strange=20
> > characters when connecting via conserver. It looks like this:
> >
> > =CCo=E7i=EE i=EEcorrect=E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE:
> =E4or=EEoc=E8 c=
> > o=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE:
> [disconnect]
> >
> > There is basically a 1 to 1 "translation", so "=CCo=E7i=EE" is
> "login", etc=
> > .=20
> > I've tried playing around with the baud in conserver.cf, but that
> just
> > made it worse. This originally occurred on one server, but that
> server was =
> >
> > cloned to another and now the new one has the same problem,
> > so it appears to be something on the server itself. Both are Solaris
> 10,=20
> > and I compared /etc/inittab to a working system and the console
> > lines appeared to be identical:
> >
> > smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd >/dev/msglog
> 2<>/dev/msglog=20
> > </dev/console
> >
> > Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
> >
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> > Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> >
> >
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Hello,</font>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Recently a few of our servers
> have b=
> > een
> > experiencing very strange characters when connecting via conserver.
> It
> > looks like this:</font>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2
> face=3D"sans-serif">=CCo=E7i=EE&nbsp;i=EEcorrect=E4or=EE=
> >
>
oc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;=E4or=EEoc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&=
> >
>
nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;=E4or=EEoc=E8&nbsp;co=EE=F3ole&nbsp;lo=E7i=EE:&nbsp;[d=
> > isconnect]</font>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">There is basically a 1 to 1
> &quot;tr=
> > anslation&quot;,
> > so &quot;=CCo=E7i=EE&quot; is &quot;login&quot;, etc. I've tried
> playing ar=
> > ound
> > with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">made it worse. This
> originally occur=
> > red
> > on one server, but that server was cloned to another and now the new
> one
> > has the same problem,</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">so it appears to be something
> on the
> > server itself. Both are Solaris 10, and I compared /etc/inittab to a
> working
> > system and the console</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">lines appeared to be
> identical:</fon=
> > t>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2
> face=3D"sans-serif">smf::sysinit:/lib/svc/bin/svc.startd
> > &nbsp; &nbsp;&gt;/dev/msglog 2&lt;&gt;/dev/msglog
> &lt;/dev/console</font>
> > <br>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Any help on how to fix this
> would be
> > appreciated.</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Thanks,</font>
> > <br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Tim</font>
> > <br>
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