Bug#760947: systemd: Does not start consoles configured in /etc/inittab

[Michael Biebl]

Am 09.09.2014 um 13:37 schrieb Samuel Thibault:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 208-8
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On a wheezy system, I had a serial console configured in /etc/inittab,
> used as a secondary work terminal (i.e. no console=ttyS0 on the kernel
> command line). After an upgrade to Jessie, logind doesn't start a getty
> on ttyS0.
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> - install Wheezy
> - uncomment ttyS0 line from /etc/inittab
> - init q, login appears on ttyS0
> - upgrade to Jessie
> - reboot, login doesn't appear on ttyS0
> 
> The same happens with supplementary terminals configured in
> /etc/inittab:
> 
> 7:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -8 38400 tty7
> 8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -8 38400 tty8
> 
> etc.


/etc/inittab is a sysvinit specific config file, which systemd won't
read. This is not going to change.

If you have custom changes to /etc/inittab, those need to be converted
into systemd equivalents manually, if necessary.

> On a freshly installed Jessie system, /etc/inittab still gets installed,
> but has no effect. That will be very surprising to admins.

That should no longer be the case. On a fresh Jessie installation, there
is no more /etc/inittab.

Cheers,
Michael
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