Actually I searched under google for "hurd console" and found http://kerneltrap.org/node/420... There it says:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The above six ttys are only suggestions. You might want to give or take a few, depending on your needs. You need the terminal description. This is not yet in the ncurses package, because I am not finished yet. But you can download it from http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/hurd/hurd/console/hurd.ti Please add it with # tic -x hurd.ti Then you should add the terminals to ttys, so you get a login session on them at boot time. Edit the file /etc/ttys, and add the following lines (or similar if you made more/less ttys): tty1 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted console tty2 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted console tty3 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted console tty4 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted console tty5 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted console tty6 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted console This is all. If you now reboot, you will get six virtual consoles with a login prompt on each. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I didn't have to add the lines over /etc/ttys since they were there already. The tic command didn't show out any output, just executed pretty quickly... But I didn't get the expected behavior, meaning when rebooting I never get the login prompt, neither the 6 virtual consoles, so I didn't followed the next instruction for calling the console since there's still something broken before that stage... Any ideas what else I need to do? Thx, On 5/22/05, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Yes, under /etc/ttys there are several ttys, between them the one you > used as example. When performing "ps auxww" (hoping it's same as in > linux), then I don't see /libexec/runtty running, but the > /libexec/runtty exists also. I tried to call it by hand but I get (I > know it was wrong, but at least I wanted to know availability to > execute): > > getty[11]: Bad syntax > > Is there something to be done to call runtty automatically so that > console can be called? By the way after reboot I get automatically > logged on as root, is that the normal behavior? > > Thx, > > > On 5/22/05, Stefan Siegl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 09:10:53PM -0600, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas wrote: > > > Tried that, and got the same thing... Weird thing is not getting > > > errors after going back to mach console... I looked for a verbose > > > switch, but dind find any... > > > > > > Any other hints? > > > > do you have the needed getty entries in /etc/ttys, like > > tty1 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure > > trusted console > > and /libexec/runttys running them (system running without > > -s, single user mode)? > > > > Cheers, > > Stefan > > > > -- > > Stefan Siegl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "sick nature" != "signature" > > > > > -- > Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas > -- Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
