Remove vidconsole from console settings for apu2

xbipin · Sep 26, 2017, 4:44 PM

can some1 patch the pfsense code such that the /boot/loader.conf sets console="comconsole" as default for apu2 board rather than console="comconsole,vidconsole" coz when vidconsole is present in that string then the welcome message on serial console comes broken making it impossible to boot into single user mode

doktornotor · Sep 26, 2017, 4:46 PM

Hmmm?


PCEngines apu2
coreboot build 20170228
4080 MB ECC DRAM

SeaBIOS (version rel-1.10.0.1)

Press F10 key now for boot menu

Booting from Hard Disk...

F1  pfSense

F6 PXE
Boot:  F1
/boot/config: -S115200 -h
Consoles: serial port
BIOS drive C: is disk0
BIOS 638kB/3668660kB available memory

FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
(root@buildbot2.netgate.com, Mon Aug 21 06:57:44 CDT 2017)
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
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  | .__/|_| |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___|
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 +============Welcome to pfSense===========+
 |                                         |                 ______
 |  1\. Boot Multi User [Enter]             |                /      \
 |  2\. Boot [s]ingle User                  |          _____/    f   \
 |  3\. [Esc]ape to loader prompt           |         /     \        /
 |  4\. Reboot                              |        /   p   \______/  Sense
 |                                         |        \       /      \
 |  Options:                               |         \_____/        \
 |  5\. [K]ernel: kernel (1 of 2)           |               \        /
 |  6\. Configure Boot [O]ptions...         |                \______/
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/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x1753f58 data=0xab8eb8+0x4c8c68 syms=[0x8+0x183bd0+0x8+0x183b45]
Booting...
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xbipin · Sep 26, 2017, 7:52 PM

whats in ur /boot/loader.conf and /boot/loader.conf.local

doktornotor · Sep 26, 2017, 8:22 PM


autoboot_delay="3"
boot_serial="YES"
console="comconsole"
comconsole_speed="115200"
hw.usb.no_pf="1"

I don't have any /boot/loader.conf.local there.

IOW, suspect you have used a wrong image for the box (the VGA one). Definitely the case if you see


Consoles: internal video/keyboard  serial port

on boot.

xbipin · Sep 27, 2017, 6:09 AM

no im on the serial image and as far as i remember i had filed a bug request at the time i found out this issue and i think some1 patched something at that time, let me go find what the patch was

jimp · Sep 27, 2017, 2:04 PM

It already sets it that way for detected serial only platforms.

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc#L1192

And it looks like someone already set the apu2 to be considered serial only:

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc#L1128

That code is there on 2.4 and 2.3.4

xbipin · Sep 27, 2017, 2:38 PM

yup this was the change i guess done at that time