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Having recently acquired a Dell 530 Server on which I am setting up Linux= , also had this problem. After going thru a multitude of troubleshooting ro= utes, was noted that while looking at the inittab, that the version I was looki= ng at was the initial install inittab, and that I should reference inittab.r= eal instead, at which point what I did was move the first install version to = where it could be copied back if problems arose and then renamed inittab.real t= o just inittab, and rebooted, and no more error message, was finally able t= o log in to TTY1 normally ( had been using other terminal screens to troublesho= ot as the error message made TTY1 unusable, also showed error on other terminal= s, but in 5 minute intervals, so still able to function with them). Please note it has been pointed out elsewhere that it is a base-config i= ssue, having done an install from CD (Sarge) which I then had continued as a ne= t-install, was in a transitional state between Sarge, Etch, and Lenny whe= n base-config was removed due to conflicts, so never completed the base-c= onfig, which would explain the left-over remnants still on system that wo= uld have been removed otherwise on a completed pure Sarge install. This s= eems to been the case that caused issues with the debutils and passwd pac= kages on upgrade also, which I worked around per the notes here : http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ia64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.= html#trouble after having had the same problem on two other machines with these two pa= ckages (an Averatec 6200 series laptop and a home built unit) as well. Ho= pefully this will narrow down some of the routes others may have to take = ( having already taken them here ) and possibly give the maintainers th= oughts to other issues that may become apparent to users installing from = older Debian CDs and doing net-install, causing a mixed version system be= fore even getting into the first log-in screen. GOsche -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
