Hello, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues, le mer. 03 juin 2026 07:33:24 +0200, a ecrit: > Quoting Samuel Thibault (2026-06-02 01:37:03) > > Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues, le lun. 01 juin 2026 10:26:13 +0200, a > > ecrit: > > > I have not yet figured out how to auto-login the root user in GNU/Hurd. > > > The > > > agetty line which works on Linux errors out with "getty[585]: Bad syntax" > > > and > > > according to Samuel Thibault it may just be that this feature isn't > > > implemented > > > yet in hurd. > > > > Do you know the syntax that is used for that? It can as well just be > > implemented. > > this is what debvm does for sysvinit: > > https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/-/blob/main/share/debvm/customize-autologin.sh?ref_type=heads#L64 > > C0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -8 --noclear --keep-baud -a root console > 115200,38400,9600 $TERM > > The magic switch to getty is -a or --autologin which automatically logs in the > given user (in this case, root).
Ok, I have now added the support, that will land in next hurd package upload. > > > I also do not yet know how to set up networking inside the QEMU guest. The > > > /etc/network/interfaces which works on Linux does not seem to give me any > > > network inside the Hurd QEMU guest. > > > > It should be working. > > > > Which kind of configuration are you using? > > This is the /etc/network/interfaces that debvm creates: > > https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/-/blob/main/share/debvm/customize-ifupdown.sh?ref_type=heads#L15 > > auto /enp*=eth > iface eth inet dhcp enp? That looks linuxish. auto /dev/eth0 iface /dev/eth0 inet dhcp should be working just fine. > > The inet dhcp method should > > be just working. The static configuration probably needs to make sure > > that /servers/socket/2 is translated as > > > > /hurd/pfinet -i /dev/eth0 -6 /servers/socket/26 > > > > and /servers/socket/26 as > > > > /hurd/pfinet -i /dev/eth0 -4 /servers/socket/2 > > > > as I guess ifupdown hasn't yet bet taught to do it. > > These translators exist because mmdebstrap created them: > > https://gitlab.mister-muffin.de/josch/mmdebstrap/src/branch/main/mmdebstrap#L1107 Ok, that should be fine. > What else could I investigate to debug whit is going on? For example in Linux > I can just run "ip link" to check which devices are even there. What do I do > on GNU/Hurd? As mentioned on https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install, the inetutils-tools package contains inetutils-ifconfig Samuel
