https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731594 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731594#c0 Summary: mingetty virtual consoles don't start Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: antoine.mechelynck@belgacom.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111120 Firefox/11.0a1 SeaMonkey/2.8a1 After the init sequences completes, /dev/tty2 to /dev/tty6 are seen to have empty display; they don't respond to the keyboard. ps -lC mingetty shows only one instance, on tty1. The tty1 console has been cleared of init messages, the motd and login prompt are at top. Sometimes (rarely) telinit to a different runlevel fixes the problem. But going to runlevel 5 may kill tty consoles 2-6 again. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot up and wait. 2. Hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 (or Ctrl-Alt-F3 to Ctrl-Alt-F6) Actual Results: Nothing: empty display, and no response to keyboard (except of course to Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F10, or, in runlevel 5, Ctrl-Alt-F7). Expected Results: A motd and login prompt should have appeared. Additional info: 1. /etc/inittab looks normal; in particular, the following lines are present: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 2. Trying to start mingetty by hand-typing one of the above commands (with & at the end) at a bash prompt, aborts with exit code 1, logging "Cannot get controlling tty, operation not permitted" on /dev/tty10. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.