Re: Problem with CUPS?

[Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :Has anyone had any issues with their machines locking up soon after
> :cups starts up? :-)  Nothing shows up on the console (ie. no debugger),
> :but my entire machine locks solid.
> :
> :Adam
>
>    Adam (and anyone with the freeze-on-serial-port or freeze-on-CUPS-start
>    problem), do me a favor and try some things:
>
>    (1) rename /dev/ttyd0, ttyd1, ttyd2, and ttyd3 to something else, e.g.
> 	/dev/ttyd0.x, /dev/ttyd1.x, ...  Then see if CUPS starts up.
>  

It does.

>    (2) Restore the original namings and try to run a getty on ttyd0 by
> 	editing /etc/ttys and HUPing init.  See if that crashes the machine.
>  

Heh...  I can do one better for you.  For a little while now, when I 
boot with the console going through the serial port, it doesn't get 
beyond mounting / before the machine locks up.  I never put 2+2 together 
with the posts I read about the crash when running getting on ttyd0, 
though I should have.


>    (3) If it does crash the machine, reboot (single user) and fix ttys back,
> 	remove the last modification I had made to the serial port code 
> 	(see patch below), and try running a getty on ttyd0 again to see if
> 	it still crashes.
>
>
> 					

I'll patch it now and rebuild the entire system tonight (haven't done 
that in a while)..  I'll try and get back to you tomorrow.

Adam