Some good news, the current LTS release of Ubuntu server is running the Ubuntu/Debian distribution of mgetty just fine (info below). Mgetty now respawns (doesn't hang) like it did with 12.04 (described above).
I suspect the problem was with Upstart all along, however, the mgetty package in 14.04 LTS is an update from the one used in the the 12.04 LTS release. http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/mgetty http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/mgetty Luke root@somewhere:/var/log/mgetty# uname -a Linux somewhere 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 15 01:58:42 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@somewhere:/var/log/mgetty# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty root@somewhere:/var/log/mgetty# initctl --version initctl (upstart 1.12.1) Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Canonical Ltd., 2011 Scott James Remnant root@somewhere:/var/log/mgetty# apt-cache show mgetty Package: mgetty Priority: extra Section: universe/comm Installed-Size: 369 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> Original-Maintainer: Andreas Barth <[email protected]> Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.1.36-2ubuntu1 root@somewhere:/var/log/mgetty# dmesg | grep tty [ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled [ 0.874880] 0000:37:09.0: ttyS4 at I/O 0xe080 (irq = 21, base_baud = 921600) is a 16550A [ 0.895245] 0000:37:09.0: ttyS5 at I/O 0xe088 (irq = 21, base_baud = 921600) is a 16550A [14326.348920] init: ttyS4 main process ended, respawning [14573.114758] init: ttyS4 main process (2530) terminated with status 10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990680 Title: mgetty won't timeout (gets hung) after MODEM hangup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mgetty/+bug/990680/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
