https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737550 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737550#c0 Summary: console ttyS0 is not started on boot Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: devel@fresse.org QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111118 Firefox/11.0a1 In /etc/inittab there is: S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 115200,9600 ttyS0 linux and the kernel is booted with console=ttyS0 Yet only early printk's appear on that console and agetty is never spawned. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. put S0:12345:respawen:/sbin/agetty -L <line> ttyS0 linux into /etc/inittab 2. boot kernel with console=ttyS0 Actual Results: No agetty is spawned on ttyS0 Expected Results: Login prompt should appear on ttyS0 -- 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.