Re: Solarus 8/9 Sparc Questions

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Solaris now has the file /etc/default/kbd file where you can turn off the
break from the console server. 
 
 "KEYBOARD_ABORT affects the default behavior of the keyboard abort
  sequence, see kbd(1) for details.  The default value is "enable". The
  optional values are "disable" or "alternate". Any other value is ignored.
  If you choose "alternate" it will affect the serial console drivers  ONLY.
  The keyboard BREAK (sequence and plug/unplug) won't be affected by this.
  If "alternate" is in effect any protocol (PPP, SLIP... etc) should not
be
  run over the serial console port."
 
 You can make your changes and reboot the box, or make the changes and then
run "kbd -a alternate" from command line.
 
 This is support by default for Solaris 8/9, for 2.6 & 7 you need to
install the patches; 105924-10 and 107589-02.
 
 http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/835-8001/6rutvdvja?a=view
 
 http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2001-August/001235.html
 
 Steve

Mike Daigle wrote:
> The only solution which I have found that gives satisfactory
> results is the Nudata(TM) Non Aborting Serial Port Adaptor.  This
> is a little black box that cost about $90. It has smarts onboard
> and allows the BREAKs to be sent from a terminal or terminal
> server port. But it monitors the DTR line, if it drops then the
> box blocks all input, thus if a terminal server sends breaks at
> power down they are blocked when DTR drops first. There is a
> timing issue here but it seems to work, I suspect they have a
> transmission delay built in to catch the fault before the BREAK is
> sent but I don't know this for sure.
>
> The beauty of it is that we can still use BREAK to halt the system
> if we want. If the terminal server looses power all our Sun's
> DON'T halt. It would also cover off any problems of the line being
> cut and looking like a break as long as DTR is cut at the same
> time.
>
> The only down side is the price tag.
>
> "John R. Jackson" wrote:
> > > Can someone tell me if Solaris 8 and 9 still goes into the boot monitor
> > > when a break is sent across the serial line?
> > >     
> > Yes, it does.  And what a major pain in the ass that is.
> >
> > This "feature" has been discussed on this list before, but I don't recall
> > seeing a viable solution.
> >
> > > Chris
> > >     
> > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, ITaP/RCS, jrj@purdue.edu
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