Hi, Quoting Samuel Thibault (2026-06-28 23:04:30) > Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues, le dim. 28 juin 2026 22:25:04 +0200, a > ecrit: > > Quoting Samuel Thibault (2026-06-28 21:45:10) > > > Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues, le dim. 28 juin 2026 21:31:20 +0200, a > > > ecrit: > > > > getty[645]: Bad syntax > > > > > > What command do you have in /etc/inittab? What option triggers that "Bad > > > syntax"? > > > > I quoted it in the email you just replied to. :) > > > > Here it is: > > > > C0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 --noclear --keep-baud -a root console > > 115200,38400,9600 $TERM > > But then I'm lost: you mentioned that "The magic switch to getty is -a". But > apparently there are more options that need to get supported?
No, I can make the call to getty (it has to be getty from src:hurd not agetty from src:util-linux, right?) specific to Hurd. The "magic switch" comment was because debvm configures auto-login by default on Linux. The -a switch was missing until you implemented it. Hurd does not need to support all the opitons which you see in the agetty command above. Adding a Hurd-specific getty line to /etc/inittab is not an issue. It was even a possibility to declare "Hurd does not support auto-login" but since you implemented -a that is moot I guess. :) If I look at my current /etc/inittab it tells me: # Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal) # #T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 #T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100 I don't have /dev/ttyS0 and my /proc/cmdline says console=com0 and that one also seems to exist: root@testvm:~# ls -l /dev/com0 crw------- 1 root root 0, 0 Jun 28 19:18 /dev/com0 So I should probably have this in my /etc/inittab, right? T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L com0 9600 vt100 But then I still get "getty[656]: Bad syntax". What getty invocation is known to work for a serial getty in a qemu guest? Thanks! cheers, josch
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