missing serial out after 7.1 update?

[ebeighe]

I recently took the update from 5.1.1b w/3.1.5 killhdinitrd'd kernel. The unit is a toshiba sd-h400 in case that matters.

Before the update my bootpage was
root=/dev/hda4 dsscon=true console=2,115200"
and after, as expected i suppose, it was:
root=/dev/hda7 dsscon=true console=2,115200"

But now I get no serial output. The cable and whatnot appear ok, as I can stick in (yet another) drive that outputs fine.

I thought the bootpage parameters were the only thing necessary to use the serial to output startup messages.(?) is there something else?

[Jamie]

I recently took the update from 5.1.1b w/3.1.5 killhdinitrd'd kernel. The unit is a toshiba sd-h400 in case that matters.

Before the update my bootpage was
root=/dev/hda4 dsscon=true console=2,115200"
and after, as expected i suppose, it was:
root=/dev/hda7 dsscon=true console=2,115200"

But now I get no serial output. The cable and whatnot appear ok, as I can stick in (yet another) drive that outputs fine.

I thought the bootpage parameters were the only thing necessary to use the serial to output startup messages.(?) is there something else?I've had no problems with serial output on a sd-h400 with 7.1a.

What's the extra quote at the end of your bootpage params lines?

If you hit enter a few times right after startup, do you get the PROM password prompt? Assuming you've set your prom password, what happens when you boot from the PROM menu?

[mrpenguin]

Serial worked fine here too (SD-H400 also), I did have to reset the pw first since it was not factory when I initially tried to connect.

[ebeighe]

Serial worked fine here too (SD-H400 also), I did have to reset the pw first since it was not factory when I initially tried to connect.
It's working now, must have been something silly i did! I am in the process of making a "clean" backup, and upon restoration the serial did just pop out of the port, as expected.
I didn't even know there was a PROM menu...I'll have to check into that.

p.s. the extra quotation mark in my original post was just an artifact of cut-and-paste, they're not really there in my bootpage.

Thanks!