No console login after booting latest kernel [SOLVED]
At the end of initialization, I never get a console login prompt via LiSH. I can ssh, and everything is running OK. So, this is more of an annoyance, at this point, but I would like to regain console access.
I can't figure out if the problem is the kernel update, or one of the 84 upgraded distro packages. (From all the updates, only sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.11.1 stands out as a possible suspect.)
Any ideas on how to debug this?
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caker
Linode Staff
Make sure your /etc/inittab has a getting listening on tty0 (tty1 for Xen). The other getty lines should be commented out. Save, then run "init q". A login prompt should appear on your console.
-Chris
As is usually the case, you're right! A an update to sys-apps/sysvinit provided a new /etc/inittab, and when I merged it I must've let it remove this line:
c0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty0 linux
Thanks for the stellar support, even for non VPS issues like this one. I love my Linode.
0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty0
in my inittab and I tried to replace it with
c0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty0 linux
but it didn't seem to help. I tried disabling everything but the essential services, but I don't know where else go go from here. Any advice?
@caker:
Make sure your /etc/inittab has a getting listening on tty0 (tty1 for Xen).
Are you running Xen or UML? ("Xenodes" will have the Xen logo in the upper right hand corner of the member dashboard)