Bashar
2005-Jul-01 05:24 UTC
init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/console: No such file or directory
Hello, i noticed one of my boxes had the message "init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/console: No such file or directory" into messages and repeating forever. any idea what does it mean?
Peter Jeremy
2005-Jul-01 09:29 UTC
init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/console: No such file or directory
On Fri, 2005-Jul-01 08:23:52 +0300, Bashar wrote:>i noticed one of my boxes had the message "init: can't exec getty 'none' >for port /dev/console: No such file or directory" into messages and >repeating forever.You should have the following line in /etc/ttys: console none unknown off secure The only change you can validly make to this line is to change 'secure' to 'insecure' but I suspect you've changed 'off' to 'on'. Try turning the console back off and sending a SIGHUP to init. -- Peter Jeremy