Public bug reported:
The default setup of the system-services package doesn't start a login
on an IBM cell machine. This is after doing a minimal netinstall with
the edgy server initrd.
Looking in /etc/event.d/, I see there are several files (tty[1-6]) to
start consoles on the tty devices, but these aren't present on the cell
(or most powerpc machines).
To enable a login process running on the only console available (the hvc
console), I've created /etc/event.d/console with the following
configuration:
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start on runlevel-2
start on runlevel-3
start on runlevel-4
start on runlevel-5
stop on shutdown
respawn /sbin/getty 38400 console
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Is the use of /dev/console a suitable fallback for machines that don't
have the /dev/tty[0-6] devices available?
This is a little tricky to work around (especially if there's no other method
of login available - eg, after a minimal install):
- hard-reset the machine
- when rebooting, append init=/bin/sh to the kernel command line
- remount root as read-only: mount / -o remount,rw
- create /etc/event.d/console with the above content
- sync; exit
** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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no console started on cell machine
https://launchpad.net/bugs/72832
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