Hi, Quoting Samuel Thibault (2026-06-08 23:47:04) > > 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.
wow, thank you!! <3 > > 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. okay, so my system now has inetutils-tools, inetutils-ping and isc-dhcp-client installed. This gets me further. I put the error I got during boot to the end of this mail. What could I try next? Thanks! cheers, josch Starting /sbin/init INIT: version 3.18 booting Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel S. chmod: changing permissions of '/dev/shm': Read-only file system Activating swap...failed. Creating compatibility symlink from /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts. ... (warning). Checking file systems...Cannot persist the following output on disc ... (warning). done. Cleaning up temporary files... /tmp. Mounting local filesystems...done. Activating swapfile swap, if any...done. Cleaning up temporary files.... chown: invalid group: 'root:netdev' can't chown /run/network ... (warning). Configuring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.4.3-P1 Copyright 2004-2022 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ fsysopts: /servers/socket/2: -i /dev/eth0 -a 0.0.0.0 -m 255.0.0.0: (ipc/mig) server died Error getting hardware address for "/dev/eth0": No such device If you think you have received this message due to a bug rather than a configuration issue please read the section on submitting bugs on either our web page at www.isc.org or in the README file before submitting a bug. These pages explain the proper process and the information we find helpful for debugging. exiting. ifup: failed to bring up /dev/eth0 failed. Cleaning up temporary files.... INIT: Entering runlevel: 2 Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel 2. Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd. Debian GNU/Hurd forky/sid testvm console login: root Password: The programs included with the Debian GNU/Hurd system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Hurd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. root@testvm:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto /dev/eth0 iface /dev/eth0 inet dhcp
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