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Console - root command prompt displayed twice after hitting enter
Dear All,
I hope you can help me.

I have a pair of E2900's I've inherited. Both running Solaris 9. Both have LOM> consoles. The problem I'm experiencing only occurs when connected to the /dev/console tty. Whenever I hit 'Enter' for a new line, I receive two new lines: -

Code:
myhost#                    <--- Hit Enter here
myhost#
myhost#                    <--- Hit Enter here
myhost#
myhost# tty               <--- Hit Enter here

/dev/console
myhost# myhost#

I have tried searching all other places for help, I suspect either my LOM is setup incorrectly or my inittab is.

Code:
myhost# myhost# cat /etc/inittab

ap::sysinit:/sbin/autopush -f /etc/iu.ap
ap::sysinit:/sbin/soconfig -f /etc/sock2path
fs::sysinit:/sbin/rcS sysinit           >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
is:3:initdefault:
p3:s1234:powerfail:/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i5 -g0 >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog
sS:s:wait:/sbin/rcS                     >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
s0:0:wait:/sbin/rc0                     >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
s1:1:respawn:/sbin/rc1                  >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
s2:23:wait:/sbin/rc2                    >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
s3:3:wait:/sbin/rc3                     >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
s5:5:wait:/sbin/rc5                     >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
s6:6:wait:/sbin/rc6                     >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
fw:0:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 0              >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
of:5:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 6              >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
rb:6:wait:/sbin/uadmin 2 1              >/dev/msglog 2<>/dev/msglog </dev/console
sc:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300
co:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -h -p "`uname -n` console login: " -T sun -d /dev/console -l console -m ldterm,ttcompat
mF:2345:wait:sh /etc/mflmrcscript > /dev/null 2>&1
myhost# myhost#

Appreciate any help you can offer.
Last edited by pludi; 06-14-2010 at 02:35 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
 
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