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#1 2010-04-02 16:48:29
- Greenstuff
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[SOLVED] I can't open a tty console on my machine
Hello,
I use SLIM and Openbox on my machine but occesionally I open a tty console (Ctl + Alt + F1). I rescentlly noticed I can no longer do that. I open TTY, type my username, and instead of getting asked for a password I get another username prompt. It's like this with all of my tty's, and updating my system doesn't help. Some people told me to rebuild my locals but it did not help either. Here is the output of strace:
read(0, "g", 1) = 1
write(1, "g", 1) = 1
read(0, "a", 1) = 1
write(1, "a", 1) = 1
read(0, "l", 1) = 1
write(1, "l", 1) = 1
read(0, "\r", 1) = 1
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_START or TCSETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
write(1, "\n", 1) = 1
execve("/bin/login", ["/bin/login", "--", "gal"], [/* 14 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x90f5000
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7802000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=107781, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 107781, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb77e7000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libshadow.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0'\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=53371, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 52764, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb77da000
mmap2(0xb77e3000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x9) = 0xb77e3000
mmap2(0xb77e5000, 7708, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb77e5000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`\27\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=48968, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 44780, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb77cf000
mmap2(0xb77d9000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x9) = 0xb77d9000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libpam_misc.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\n\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=10910, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 10848, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb77cc000
mmap2(0xb77ce000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb77ce000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340l\1\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1536327, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1337608, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7685000
mmap2(0xb77c6000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x140) = 0xb77c6000
mmap2(0xb77c9000, 10504, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb77c9000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \7\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=42383, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7684000
mmap2(NULL, 201052, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7652000
mmap2(0xb765b000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8) = 0xb765b000
mmap2(0xb765d000, 155996, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb765d000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \n\0\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=13171, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 12408, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb764e000
mmap2(0xb7650000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7650000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb764d000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb764d6c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7650000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0xb765b000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0xb77c6000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0xb7820000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0xb77e7000, 107781) = 0
brk(0) = 0x90f5000
brk(0x9116000) = 0x9116000
getuid32() = 0
geteuid32() = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(2, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
access("/var/run/utmpx", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
_llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_SET) = 0
alarm(0) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0xb7787aa0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
alarm(10) = 0
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_RDLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
read(3, "\10\0\0\0\255\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
alarm(0) = 10
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
getpid() = 15796
alarm(0) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0xb7787aa0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
alarm(10) = 0
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_RDLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
read(3, "\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0~\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
alarm(0) = 10
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
alarm(0) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0xb7787aa0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
alarm(10) = 0
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_RDLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
read(3, "\1\0\0\0005N\0\0~\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
alarm(0) = 10
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
alarm(0) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0xb7787aa0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
alarm(10) = 0
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_RDLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
read(3, "\10\0\0\0z\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
alarm(0) = 10
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
alarm(0) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0xb7787aa0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
alarm(10) = 0
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_RDLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
read(3, "\6\0\0\0\264=\0\0tty1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
fcntl64(3, F_SETLKW, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
alarm(0) = 10
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
readlink("/proc/self/fd/0", "/dev/tty1", 4095) = 9
close(3) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
readlink("/proc/self/fd/0", "/dev/tty1", 4095) = 9
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
open("/etc/login.defs", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
time(NULL) = 1270233787
open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=118, ...}) = 0
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=118, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7801000
read(3, "TZif2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0"..., 4096) = 118
_llseek(3, -6, [112], SEEK_CUR) = 0
read(3, "\nUTC0\n", 4096) = 6
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xb7801000, 4096) = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0) = 3
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/dev/log"}, 110) = -1 EPROTOTYPE (Protocol wrong type for socket)
close(3) = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0) = 3
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/dev/log"}, 110) = 0
send(3, "<82>Apr 2 18:43:07 login[15796]"..., 108, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 108
exit_group(1) = ?EDIT: Silly me, turns out /etc/login.defs didn't exist. Must've forgotten to rename a .pacnew file. So I renamed it and now everything's normal. Thank you everyone who replayed below.
Last edited by Greenstuff (2010-05-01 14:47:09)
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#2 2010-04-02 17:26:23
- ataraxia
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't open a tty console on my machine
Looks like it's logging something to syslog at the end. Have you looked there to see what it says?
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#3 2010-04-02 17:44:40
- Greenstuff
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't open a tty console on my machine
I did, but did not see anything.
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#4 2010-04-02 18:00:08
- ewaller
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't open a tty console on my machine
Have you tried a different username? You might try either root, or create a new user and try that account (I looking for issues in the various *rc files you might have.
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#5 2010-04-02 18:13:44
- Greenstuff
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't open a tty console on my machine
Root gives the same problem.
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#6 2010-04-02 19:09:01
- ewaller
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't open a tty console on my machine
Well, I was wondering if the system not allowing the tty to change ownership -- but root also has the problem.
You might try checking which shell is set for your users in /etc/passwd, and then check that the shell really exists at the specified path, and that it is executable. You might also check that the home directory for you users (also specified in /etc/passwd) is mounted and your user has the appropriate rights to that directory.
Other than that, I am running out of altitude, airspeed and ideas all at the same time. There was one thing in your trace I did not understand. Why is your system looking to the floppy drive? I wonder if that is contributing to the problem.
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#7 2010-04-02 19:25:21
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't open a tty console on my machine
open("/etc/login.defs", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)Could it be related to your problem ?
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#8 2010-04-02 19:39:57
- ataraxia
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't open a tty console on my machine
Make sure that /bin/login is working. /sbin/agetty starts login to get the password after getting the username from you.
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