Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:23:52 -0700 (PDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: Test 8 Kernel Unable to get the password prompt? |
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That's not correct .. the latest until-linux does not appear to fix the problem and there seems to be the same problem with PAM.
Gerhard
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Steven Walter wrote:
> > If you're logging in as root, this is probably a result of the VT not > being named in /etc/securetty. Devfsd mucks up the names, so you can > either include "1," which would allow root logins from pseudo-terminals > and other insecure places, or upgrade your util-linux to a newer > version; I'm not sure what is new enough. > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 09:32:37PM -0700, Miles Lane wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, David Freedom wrote: > > > > > I tried configuring the kernel to the least amount of > > > configured options to almost none and I still cannot > > > get the password prompt. > > > > > > My system hangs and is unable to do anything. > > > unfortunetly the only thing I can do is power down my > > > PC the incorrect and most unfortunate way leading to > > > filesys errors upon reboot to an older saved kernel > > > image. > > > > Are you getting both the username and password prompts > > and then getting nothing after entering the password? > > This is a behavior I am seeing on a laptop Pentium II. > > In my case, I can CTRL-ALT-F[1-6] to get to another > > VT. All attempts to log in any VT display meet the same > > fate. Also, attempting to log in using GDM fail in > > this way. In my case, the UI GDM continues to respond. > > > > Lastly, trying to CTRL-ALT-DEL to initiate a shutdown > > does cause the TERM and KILL signals to be sent to > > all processes. Then the shutdown process locks up > > after a message is printed about unloading the > > keyboard driver. > > > > Interestingly, if I boot in single mode ("linux single" > > at the boot prompt), and then load GDM, I am able to > > log on with no trouble. > > > > I have sent a message to the maintainer of the > > shadow-utils package, but have gotten no response. > > > > I suspect this problem has to do with a fsck-up on > > my part in getting util-linux configured properly when > > I built it. I rebuilt util-linux with the sources > > pointed to by Changes several development kernel > > revisions ago (~2.4.0-test7). > > > > Miles > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
-- Gerhard Mack
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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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