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SEBRINT at nationwide

Apr 10, 2008, 5:39 AM

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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

john at iastate

Apr 10, 2008, 6:05 AM

Post #2 of 5 (2532 views)
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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
>
> --=_alternative 004580E285257427_=
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
>
> Hello,
> 
> Recently a few of our servers have b=
> een
> experiencing very strange characters when connecting via conserver. It
> looks like this:
> 
> =CCo=E7i=EE i=EEcorrect=E4or=EE=
> oc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole&=
> nbsp;lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: [d=
> isconnect]
> 
> There is basically a 1 to 1 "tr=
> anslation",
> so "=CCo=E7i=EE" is "login", etc. I've tried playing ar=
> ound
> with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just
> 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,
> 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:</fon=
> t>
> 
> 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
> 
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>
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Disposition: inline
>
> _______________________________________________
> users mailing list
> users [at] conserver
> https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users
>
> --===============1124750228==--
>

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SEBRINT at nationwide

Apr 10, 2008, 6:19 AM

Post #3 of 5 (2540 views)
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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 [at] iastate>

04/10/2008 09:05 AM

From
John Hascall <john [at] iastate>
To
SEBRINT [at] nationwide
cc
users [at] conserver
Subject
Re: Issue with console prompt

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

John

> This is a multipart message in MIME format.
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> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> boundary="=_alternative 004580E285257427_="
>
> This is a multipart message in MIME format.
> --=_alternative 004580E285257427_=
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> 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
>
>
> Hello,
> 
> Recently a few of our servers
have b=
> een
> experiencing very strange characters when connecting via conserver. It
> looks like this:
> 
> =CCo=E7i=EE i=EEcorrect=E4or=EE=
>
oc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole&=
>
nbsp;lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: [d=
> isconnect]
> 
> There is basically a 1 to 1
"tr=
> anslation",
> so "=CCo=E7i=EE" is "login", etc. I've tried playing
ar=
> ound
> with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just
> 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,
> 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:</fon=
> t>
> 
> 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
> 
> --=_alternative 004580E285257427_=--
>
> --===============1124750228==
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Disposition: inline
>
> _______________________________________________
> users mailing list
> users [at] conserver
> https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users
>
> --===============1124750228==--
>

cfowler at outpostsentinel

Apr 10, 2008, 6:52 AM

Post #4 of 5 (2554 views)
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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 [at] nationwide 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 [at] iastate>
>
>
>
>
>
> 04/10/2008 09:05 AM
> From
> John Hascall
> <john [at] iastate>
> To
> SEBRINT [at] nationwide
> cc
> users [at] conserver
> Subject
> Re: Issue with
> console prompt
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> This looks more like a parity issue than a baud rate issue.
>
> John
>
>
> > This is a multipart message in MIME format.
> > --===============1124750228==
> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> > boundary="=_alternative 004580E285257427_="
> >
> > This is a multipart message in MIME format.
> > --=_alternative 004580E285257427_=
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Recently a few of our servers
> have b=
> > een
> > experiencing very strange characters when connecting via conserver.
> It
> > looks like this:
> > 
> > face=3D"sans-serif">=CCo=E7i=EE i=EEcorrect=E4or=EE=
> >
> oc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole&=
> >
> nbsp;lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: [d=
> > isconnect]
> > 
> > There is basically a 1 to 1
> "tr=
> > anslation",
> > so "=CCo=E7i=EE" is "login", etc. I've tried
> playing ar=
> > ound
> > with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just
> > 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,
> > 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:</fon=
> > t>
> > 
> > face=3D"sans-serif">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
> > 
> > --=_alternative 004580E285257427_=--
> >
> > --===============1124750228==
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > Content-Disposition: inline
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > users mailing list
> > users [at] conserver
> > https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users
> >
> > --===============1124750228==--
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> users mailing list
> users [at] conserver
> https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users

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SEBRINT at nationwide

Apr 10, 2008, 6:57 AM

Post #5 of 5 (2543 views)
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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 [at] outpostsentinel>

04/10/2008 09:52 AM
Please respond to cfowler [at] outpostsentinel

From
Chris Fowler <cfowler [at] outpostsentinel>
To
SEBRINT [at] nationwide
cc
users [at] conserver
Subject
Re: Issue with console prompt

Have you tried new cables?

On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 09:19 -0400, SEBRINT [at] nationwide 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 [at] iastate>
>
>
>
>
>
> 04/10/2008 09:05 AM
> From
> John Hascall
> <john [at] iastate>
> To
> SEBRINT [at] nationwide
> cc
> users [at] conserver
> Subject
> Re: Issue with
> console prompt
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> This looks more like a parity issue than a baud rate issue.
>
> John
>
>
> > This is a multipart message in MIME format.
> > --===============1124750228==
> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> > boundary="=_alternative 004580E285257427_="
> >
> > This is a multipart message in MIME format.
> > --=_alternative 004580E285257427_=
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Recently a few of our servers
> have b=
> > een
> > experiencing very strange characters when connecting via conserver.
> It
> > looks like this:
> > 
> > face=3D"sans-serif">=CCo=E7i=EE i=EEcorrect=E4or=EE=
> >
>
oc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole&=
> >
>
nbsp;lo=E7i=EE: =E4or=EEoc=E8 co=EE=F3ole lo=E7i=EE: [d=
> > isconnect]
> > 
> > There is basically a 1 to 1
> "tr=
> > anslation",
> > so "=CCo=E7i=EE" is "login", etc. I've tried
> playing ar=
> > ound
> > with the baud in conserver.cf, but that just
> > 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,
> > 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:</fon=
> > t>
> > 
> > face=3D"sans-serif">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
> > 
> > --=_alternative 004580E285257427_=--
> >
> > --===============1124750228==
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > Content-Disposition: inline
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > users mailing list
> > users [at] conserver
> > https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users
> >
> > --===============1124750228==--
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> users mailing list
> users [at] conserver
> https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users

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