After I upgraded my FreeBSD-5.3 to FreeBSD -5.4 stable, I can't to go to
single user mode anymore . I am getting the following error message
init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0
init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv1
init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv2
init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv3
and the system hangs
Any help will be apreciated
Thanx
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Didier Rwitura <drwitura@primustel.ca>
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:19:22PM -0400, Didier Rwitura wrote:> > After I upgraded my FreeBSD-5.3 to FreeBSD -5.4 stable, I can't to go to > single user mode anymore . I am getting the following error message > > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0 > > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv1 > > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv2 > > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv3 > > and the system hangsWhich begs the questions: - does /usr/libexec/getty exist? - is it executable? - is /usr mounted in single user mode? What do 'ls -l /usr/libexec/getty' and 'file /usr/libexec/getty' say? Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20050911/6db027cb/attachment.bin
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:19:22PM -0400, Didier Rwitura wrote:> >After I upgraded my FreeBSD-5.3 to FreeBSD -5.4 stable, I can't to go to >single user mode anymore . I am getting the following error message > >init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0... getty's are only exec'd in multi-user mode so something odd is happening. More information is needed: How did you upgrade? Source upgrade or binary upgrade? If it was a source upgrade, exactly what did you do? How are you booting to single user mode? Breaking to the loader prompt and entering "boot -s" or entering "4" (from memory) into the boot menu? When you boot single user, what are console messages between "Mounting root..." and the "can't exec getty" message? -- Peter Jeremy