Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:36:52 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: drwitura@primus.ca, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't reboot into single mode Message-ID: <20050911113652.359fb15a.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20050911091346.GB18267@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0509102311260.10553-100000@staffshell.primus.ca> <20050911091346.GB18267@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:13:46 +0200
Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:19:22PM -0400, Didier Rwitura wrote:
> >
> > After I upgraded my FreeBSD-5.3 to FreeBSD -5.4 stable, I can't to go to
> > single user mode anymore . I am getting the following error message
> >
> > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0
> >
> > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv1
> >
> > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv2
> >
> > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv3
> >
> > and the system hangs
>
> Which begs the questions:
<nitpick>
That means *dodges* the question
</nitpick>
> - does /usr/libexec/getty exist?
> - is it executable?
> - is /usr mounted in single user mode?
A more important question is why is a single user boot trying to
start getty on the ttyv* ports anyway. It shouldn't be happening.
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