Hi! On Mon, 2026-06-29 at 00:21:15 +0200, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: > If I look at my current /etc/inittab it tells me: > > # Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal) > # > #T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 > #T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100 > > I don't have /dev/ttyS0 and my /proc/cmdline says console=com0 and that one > also seems to exist: > > root@testvm:~# ls -l /dev/com0 > crw------- 1 root root 0, 0 Jun 28 19:18 /dev/com0 > > So I should probably have this in my /etc/inittab, right? > > T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L com0 9600 vt100 > > But then I still get "getty[656]: Bad syntax". What getty invocation is known > to work for a serial getty in a qemu guest?
Checking the source for Hurd's getty, I see that the "Bad syntax" error triggers when argc != 3, checking further, I don't see any support for -L (so that would make argc off by one as it is left there), so I assume that removing that would make it work? Thanks, Guillem
