On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:15:02AM +0100, L.Schmidt wrote: > Package: ngetty > Version: 1.0-1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > > problem manifests during login dialog, or after dialog was completed. either > case, the screen is blanked, and the "login:" prompt is presented again, > after a variable time elapsed since login or login attempt - mostly between > 1 and 20 seconds. According auth.log, username or password are irretrievable, > even though actual login is possible, albeit not persistent. Downgrading pam > to wheezy version doesn't change the behaviour. downgrading ngetty to 1.0, > from wheezy, causes error symptoms to disappear, and reverts to apparently > stable login behaviour again.
Hmmm, something make problem on login. Ngetty doesn't change terminal setting like agetty. Could you try for me the following: log as root on some terminal and start starce /sbin/agetty 38400 tty8 2>/tmp/XXX.getty Then login on tty8 and after that immediatelly logout. Edit then the file /tmp/XXX.getty and remove your password. Similarly also for: starce /sbin/ngetty 8 2>/tmp/XXX.ngetty and starce -f /sbin/ngetty 8 2>/tmp/XXX.nfgetty Then send me the files /tmp/XXX.*getty Since my native system is not debian, I cannot repoduce your problems. I am the author of ngetty. If yoy have mmingetty try also starce /sbin/mingetty 8 2>/tmp/XXX.mgetty Say me also which getty works correct. You could try also ngetty-1.0 and ngetty-1.1. How do you start ngetty by inittab or by init.d script /nv > > from auth.log: > login[24632]: pam_unix(login:auth): auth could not identify password for > [user] > login[24632]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on '/dev/tty1' FOR 'user', Authentication > failure > login[24632]: pam_securetty(login:auth): unexpected response from failed > conversation function > login[24632]: pam_securetty(login:auth): cannot determine username > login[24632]: FAILED LOGIN (2) on '/dev/tty1' FOR 'UNKNOWN', Error in service > module > login[24632]: pam_securetty(login:auth): unexpected response from failed > conversation function > login[24632]: pam_securetty(login:auth): cannot determine username > login[24632]: FAILED LOGIN (3) on '/dev/tty1' FOR 'UNKNOWN', Error in service > module > login[24632]: pam_securetty(login:auth): unexpected response from failed > conversation function > login[24632]: pam_securetty(login:auth): cannot determine username > login[24632]: FAILED LOGIN (4) on '/dev/tty1' FOR 'UNKNOWN', Error in service > module > login[24632]: pam_securetty(login:auth): unexpected response from failed > conversation function > login[24632]: pam_securetty(login:auth): cannot determine username > login[24632]: FAILED LOGIN (5) on '/dev/tty1' FOR 'UNKNOWN', Error in service > module > login[24632]: TOO MANY LOGIN TRIES (5) on '/dev/tty1' FOR 'UNKNOWN' > login[24632]: pam_mail(login:session): cannot determine username > login[24632]: pam_unix(login:session): close_session - error recovering > username > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to > C) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > -- no debconf information > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
