[Info-vax] Ctrl-Ecf

[CY]

On 9 Sep, 18:17, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <4c7e7cbb-3ab7-4774-9726-87d613b16... at f33g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, Bob Gezelter <gezel... at rlgsc.com> writes:
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> >On Sep 9, 11:36=A0am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> >> WTF?
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> >> [Read only - use Ctrl-Ecf for console write access.]
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> >> Ctrl-E and [c] and [f]?
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> >> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker =A0 =A0VAXman(at)TMESIS(=
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> >> =A0http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png
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> >> =A0 "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
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> >Vaxman,
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> >With all due respect, some more context would be helpful here.
>
> >As a somewhat wild guess, perhaps the system is under the impression
> >that there is more than one console session running? If so, it is
> >preventing two sessions from changing settings at the same time (e.g.,
> >two telnet sessions, a telnet session and the serial console).
>
> This Itanium console crap is maddening.  I am in an infinite reboot
> cycle because the system comes up and crashes.  The CTRL-Ecf, as per
> the help...
>
> Executing CO command from the main MP menu provides a mirrored version of the
> OS console.  All users connected to the console see the same output. Verify
> that all mirrored consoles are of the same terminal type for proper
> operation. Only one of the mirrored users at a time has write access to the
> console. Any user can get write access to the console, by typing CTRL-e c f
> (not CTRL-e CTRL-c CTRL-f).  Write access is retained until another user
> requests console write access.
>
> ... simply does not work to gain access.
>
> --
> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker    VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
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>  http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png
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>   "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"

This worked for me on rx2600 something... didnt understand the "help"
either, but:

"On rx2600, zx6000, zx2000 and such, you'll use some combination of
the Ctrl/B and the Ctrl/E chord followed by the characters c and f —
Ctrl/E cf , with no spaces — on the console. These are usually enough
to get the attention of the console. From there, get to the console
menu, and select CO console option.

Serial console access to the baseboard management console (bmc) and
the cli> prompt can be toggled with Esc-Shift-Q and Esc Shift-9; with
Esc and capital Q and Esc ( characters. Use the com1 console serial
port."

>From hoffmanlabs (maybe I read it somewhere else, but same same)

//CY