reopen 636846 reassign 636846 debian-installer retitle 636846 fresh installation leaves /etc/inittab with a reference to an unexisting device severity 636846 normal thanks
Andreas Barth escreveu isso aí:
> * Paul Carroty (paulcarr...@lavabit.com) [110807 19:17]:
> > Package: util-linux
> > Version: 2.19.1-5
> > Severity: serious
> >
> > Every 5 minutes in daemon.log:
> > Aug 4 18:49:04 debian init: Id "co" respawning too fast: disabled for
> > 5 minutes
> > Aug 4 18:55:45 debian init: Id "co" respawning too fast:
> > disabled for 5 minutes
> > Aug 4 19:02:26 debian init: Id "co" respawning too fast: disabled for
> > 5 minutes
> > ...
>
> This is definitly not a bug in util-linux. This rather means that
> > co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvc0 9600 linux
> the command "/sbin/getty hvc0 9600 linux" fails to be executed
> properly.
>
> Depending on the kernel you are using, this might be an Debian issue
> or not. Also, it's quite probably not release critical.
>
> hvc0 seems to be an xen-specific perhaps, so it would be relevant
> where you got your kernel from (self-built? debian?), which package
> version you are using, did it work before, etc.
I reproduced this problem today with a fresh install. I've installed the
latest daily build of d-i from today. What I did was:
* booted the installer with a netinst image from today
* installed the base system
* in tasksel, selected the "Laptop" task + "standard Debian tools"
After rebooting my /etc/inittab ended up with that line:
co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvc0 9600 linux
And syslog has one of those warning messages every few minutes (although
this is annoying, it's not a serious bug since it does not really break
anything).
This line is the only difference between the fresh inittab provided by
sysvinit and the /etc/inittab my system ended up with. It looks like
that line was added by something in the installation, but I could not
identify exactly what. Among the installed packages, only sysvinit
mentions "inittab" in its {post,pre}inst script.
Some info on the system:
$ uname -a
Linux homer 3.0.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 17 04:08:52 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ aptitude search ~i\ linux-image
i linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64 - Linux
3.0.0 for 64-bit PCs
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/ unstable main
$ diff -u /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab /etc/inittab
--- /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab 2011-07-13 12:41:40.000000000 -0700
+++ /etc/inittab 2011-08-24 16:53:54.211501508 -0700
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
+co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvc0 9600 linux
+
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
Please let me known if there is information I can provided to debug this.
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Antonio Terceiro <terce...@debian.org>
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