2008/5/20 Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tuesday 20 May 2008 18:07, Roberto A. Foglietta wrote: >> I am not sure about him but mine /etc/inittab does not carry any >> tty[2-5] but it showed the same messages and linking /dev/tty[2-5] >> against /dev/null was the first workaround which shut up the busybox. >> If it could be of any help my system is a UMLinux but before launching >> it I unset the DISPLAY environment variable: >> >> http://lugge.wikidot.com/tar2loop >> >> and the used busybox is the last version 1.10.2, config could be >> retrieved here: >> >> http://lugge.wikidot.com/local--files/tar2loop/busybox.config >> >> here the /etc/inittab: >> >> # This is run first except when booting in single-user mode >> # >> ::sysinit:/etc/rc.sh >> >> # /bin/sh invocations on selected ttys >> # >> # Start an "askfirst" shell on the console (whatever that may be) >> ::askfirst:-/bin/sh >> # Start an "askfirst" shell on /dev/tty2-4 >> #tty2::askfirst:-/bin/sh >> #tty3::askfirst:-/bin/sh >> #tty4::askfirst:-/bin/sh >> >> # Stuff to do when restarting the init process >> ::restart:/sbin/init >> >> # Stuff to do before rebooting >> ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot >> ::shutdown:/etc/shutdown > > I guess you have CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB off, > and your /etc/inittab just gets ignored. >
# bbconfig | grep -i INITTAB CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB=y printouts without any /dev/tty5: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. line_ioctl: tty0: unknown ioctl: 0x541e init: can't log to /dev/tty5 init started: BusyBox v1.10.2 (2008-05-16 19:01:32 CEST) init: can't log to /dev/tty5 printouts with a regular /dev/tty5 Please press Enter to activate this console. xterm_open: $DISPLAY not set. Failed to open console 5, err = -19 xterm_open: $DISPLAY not set. Failed to open console 5, err = -19 xterm_open: $DISPLAY not set. Failed to open console 5, err = -19 xterm_open: $DISPLAY not set. Failed to open console 5, err = -19 xterm_open: $DISPLAY not set. Failed to open console 5, err = -19 init: can't log to /dev/tty5 starting pid 658, tty '': '-/bin/sh' # ls -al /dev/tty5 crw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4, 5 May 21 07:02 /dev/tty5 in order to shut up the busybox I have to still link /dev/null to /dev/tty5 It is fine for me do that because it is a dummy virtual machine If you like to receive more feedback or suggest different configuration options I will try and feedback. http://lugge.wikidot.com/local--files/tar2loop/busybox.config Cheers, -- /roberto _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
