Re: blank screen after executing console command...
Cool it worked out...
Now, how to make console start after boot? Must it be done through
/etc/init.d scripts?
Thx,
Javier.
On 5/22/05, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas <jevv.cr@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually I searched under google for "hurd console" and found:
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/420... There it says:
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> The above six ttys are only suggestions. You might want to give or
> take a few, depending on your needs.
>
> You need the terminal description. This is not yet in the ncurses
> package, because I am not finished yet. But you can download it from
>
> http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/hurd/hurd/console/hurd.ti
>
> Please add it with
>
> # tic -x hurd.ti
>
> Then you should add the terminals to ttys, so you get a login session
> on them at boot time. Edit the file /etc/ttys, and add the following
> lines (or similar if you made more/less ttys):
>
> tty1 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure
> trusted console
> tty2 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure
> trusted console
> tty3 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure
> trusted console
> tty4 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure
> trusted console
> tty5 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure
> trusted console
> tty6 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure
> trusted console
>
> This is all. If you now reboot, you will get six virtual consoles with
> a login prompt on each.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> I didn't have to add the lines over /etc/ttys since they were there
> already. The tic command didn't show out any output, just executed
> pretty quickly... But I didn't get the expected behavior, meaning
> when rebooting I never get the login prompt, neither the 6 virtual
> consoles, so I didn't followed the next instruction for calling the
> console since there's still something broken before that stage...
>
> Any ideas what else I need to do?
>
> Thx,
>
>
>
> On 5/22/05, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas <jevv.cr@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Yes, under /etc/ttys there are several ttys, between them the one you
> > used as example. When performing "ps auxww" (hoping it's same as in
> > linux), then I don't see /libexec/runtty running, but the
> > /libexec/runtty exists also. I tried to call it by hand but I get (I
> > know it was wrong, but at least I wanted to know availability to
> > execute):
> >
> > getty[11]: Bad syntax
> >
> > Is there something to be done to call runtty automatically so that
> > console can be called? By the way after reboot I get automatically
> > logged on as root, is that the normal behavior?
> >
> > Thx,
> >
> >
> > On 5/22/05, Stefan Siegl <ssiegl@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 09:10:53PM -0600, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas wrote:
> > > > Tried that, and got the same thing... Weird thing is not getting
> > > > errors after going back to mach console... I looked for a verbose
> > > > switch, but dind find any...
> > > >
> > > > Any other hints?
> > >
> > > do you have the needed getty entries in /etc/ttys, like
> > > tty1 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted console
> > > and /libexec/runttys running them (system running without
> > > -s, single user mode)?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Stefan
> > >
> > > --
> > > Stefan Siegl <ssiegl@gmx.de>
> > > "sick nature" != "signature"
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
> >
>
>
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> Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
>
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