Quoting Samuel Thibault (2026-06-29 00:47:14) > Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues, le lun. 29 juin 2026 00:21:15 +0200, a > ecrit: > > 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? > > It looks like nobody took the time to fix sysvinit's example. > > You can try should just like the other lines: > > T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 9600 com0
I found it! This works: c:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -a root 38400 console I am now automatically logged into the GNU/Hurd QEMU image started by debvm without entering a password just as it happens on Linux. Thank you so much for adding support to the -a parameter! cheers, josch
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