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scar

Member

From: Hungary

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 442

inittab problem?

Ok, well...

Since this evening my arch is booting up in a strange manner. The kernel loads, arch starts, services launched from /etc/rc.d start to work, but i've no ttys at all only a " _ " on the screen.

Fortunately, I use gdm to launch my graphical session, so I'm able to launch gnome-terminal and look after, what happens.

Looks like agetty is not working at boot, because if i use a graphical terminal and launch this, the command launches a console on tty1:

$sudo  /sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux

Here is my /etc/inittab:

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)    Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux

# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 hvc0 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1

# End of file

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permissions of /etc/inittab are 664  root:root

can anybody help me with this out?

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― William Gibson

skunktrader

Member

From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: inittab problem?

anything interesting in /var/log/kernel.log

scar

Member

From: Hungary

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 442

Re: inittab problem?

no, nothing about init or inittab, and I don't think it is a kernel bug

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“The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.”
― William Gibson

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: inittab problem?

There was one thread like this already https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=108498
BTW, please use [ code ] tags when you paste code.

Last edited by karol (2010-11-17 22:21:51)

scar

Member

From: Hungary

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 442

Re: inittab problem?

nothing helped, reinstalled my system

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“The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.”
― William Gibson