In comp.sys.sun.hardware John <sun_powered@cmaaccess.com> wrote:
> Once your are in the boot prom via your console, you'll want to enter
> "setenv input-device keyboard" and reboot, which should work."
> ---------------

> Anything you want to add, Darren? I notice he didn't mention the
> output-device, which I also want to go to the local display monitor,
> since this machine won't be remotely managed.

Right, you want both.

However if you're actually seeing boot messages on the screen, it's
possible that the output device is 'screen', and only the input device
was redirected.

>> Local keyboard/monitor attached, or serial console?

> Local keyboard/monitor attached, not using a serial console

Okay, the console has probably been directed away to the serial port
then.

>>> I'm trying to get this machine to "boot cdrom", but it won't accept any
>>> typing at the OpenBoot shell prompt {OK}.
>>
>> But you can actually see the OBP prompt...?

> Probably, I'm not. I'm hitting Stop A during boot up, and that seems to
> be ignored, too. According to the vendor, all SPARC-based Sun machines
> default to using a serial console unless OBP is reconfigured to use the
> local keyboard/monitor. At least for OBP management.

Other way around. All SPARC-based SUN machines default to a kbd/screen
console when the keyboard is attached. Since that's not happening for
you, I'm assuming it's been reconfigured.

>> From the running OS, what do you get for 'eeprom input-device' and
>> 'eeprom output-device'?

> I'm not there now, but I'll try those commands tomorrow.

If they're both 'ttya', then do:
eeprom input-device=keyboard
eeprom output-device=screen

>>> I can login to a window manager, open a terminal window, enter init S
>>> (Single-user mode), and then I'm stuck at the screen where it asks for
>>> the root password to put the machine into maintenance mode.
>>
>> But the same keyboard works just fine after you get to a multi-user
>> login prompt?

> The same keyboard works fine once I login to GNOME or CDE. If I logout
> and select, Commandline login, it will drop me to console mode and ask
> me for the root password. But I can never login to console mode, since I
> have no typing abilities at the console.

That's consistent with the console being redirected. If someone had
done that, they should have also modified /etc/dt/config/Xservers so
that the 'console login' option was removed (since it doesn't do
anything).

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Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
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