From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cameron Hutchison Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:28:51 -0000 Subject: [Buildroot] ip: RTNETLINK answers: File exists? uclibc login:?? References: Message-ID: <4e1d.4b696c03.c4fdb@getafix.xdna.net> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Tony Mozi writes: >When I start the board, I have 2 problems : >1/ On minicom -s : >Starting network... >ip: RTNETLINK answers: File exists This isn't a problem. It occurs (I think) because there are commands in /etc/inittab to initialise the loopback interface, which get executed again when "ifup -a" runs from the /etc/init.d/S40network initscript. You can ignore this error. >When I write a command, like ls, there is no effect. >What does it mean? It means there is nothing listening for your command because... >2/ On the LCD of the board : >Welcome to Buildroot >uclibc login: >Have you got an idea? ....it looks like you are not running a getty on ttyS0 (or whatever your console is on). In "make menuconfig", under Target Options --> Generic serial port config, there is the option to set the serial port to run a getty on. If you set this properly, you should end up with a line (uncommented) in /etc/inittab that reads: ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100 # GENERIC_SERIAL This line will allow you to log into the system through minicom. You should see the same prompt there you showed above that was on the LCD.