From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 11 10:36:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 084FB16A41F for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:36:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from sohara.org (sohara.org [192.220.64.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDD1843D48 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:36:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: (qmail 53998 invoked by uid 16563); 11 Sep 2005 10:36:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO df1.marelmo.com) ([159.134.157.160]) (envelope-sender ) by 192.220.64.179 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 11 Sep 2005 10:36:53 -0000 Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:36:52 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Roland Smith Message-Id: <20050911113652.359fb15a.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20050911091346.GB18267@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20050911091346.GB18267@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.1 (GTK+ 2.6.10; i386-pc-dragonflyp) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX, Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: drwitura@primus.ca, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't reboot into single mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:36:57 -0000 On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:13:46 +0200 Roland Smith 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: That means *dodges* the question > - 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. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirror Arrays The computer obeys and wins. | A better way to focus the sun You lose and Bill collects. | licences available see | http://www.sohara.org/