[Bug 998437] Re: Can't log in on a tty

2012-05-12 Thread Andreas Raster
I had a wireless keyboard collecting dust in a cupboard for which I still had the receiver plugged in. Recently I put a graphic tablet in the cupboard, on top of the wireless keyboard... Turns out you're not supposed to hold the scroll lock button all the time. -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 998437] Re: Can't log in on a tty

2012-05-12 Thread Andreas Raster
Ok so I looked at agetty's source code and the problem comes from here: /* * Do not allow the user to pass an option as a user name * To be more safe: Use `--' to make sure the rest is * interpreted as non-options by the program, if it supports it. */ static void check_username(const char* nm)

[Bug 998437] Re: Can't log in on a tty

2012-05-12 Thread Andreas Raster
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998437 Title: Can't log in on a tty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/998437/+subs