Bug#855209: systemd ignores configuration for getty when switching and autostarting a new vt

[Salvo Tomaselli]

Package: systemd
Version: 232-18
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
I want to have logs on tty6, rather than a login shell.

I created a file called /etc/systemd/system/getty at tty6.service

What happens is that if I press ctrl+alt+f6, I get a login shell.

However, if after that I give

# service getty at tty6 stop
# service getty at tty6 start

and then switch again to tty6 with ctrl+alt+f6, then I will see
the wanted tail of logs.

I tried with daemon-reload, but the issue remains present, when switching
to a vt that doesn't exist, systemd always uses the generic getty at .service
file, ignoring the instance specific configuration.

Attaching my .service file

Best

-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to it_IT.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages systemd depends on:
ii  adduser         3.115
ii  libacl1         2.2.52-3
ii  libapparmor1    2.11.0-2
ii  libaudit1       1:2.6.7-1
ii  libblkid1       2.29.1-1
ii  libc6           2.24-9
ii  libcap2         1:2.25-1
ii  libcryptsetup4  2:1.7.3-3
ii  libgcrypt20     1.7.6-1
ii  libgpg-error0   1.26-2
ii  libidn11        1.33-1
ii  libip4tc0       1.6.0+snapshot20161117-5
ii  libkmod2        23-2
ii  liblz4-1        0.0~r131-2
ii  liblzma5        5.2.2-1.2
ii  libmount1       2.29.1-1
ii  libpam0g        1.1.8-3.5
ii  libseccomp2     2.3.1-2.1
ii  libselinux1     2.6-3
ii  libsystemd0     232-18
ii  mount           2.29.1-1
ii  util-linux      2.29.1-1

Versions of packages systemd recommends:
ii  dbus            1.10.14-1
ii  libpam-systemd  232-18

Versions of packages systemd suggests:
ii  policykit-1        0.105-17
pn  systemd-container  <none>
pn  systemd-ui         <none>

Versions of packages systemd is related to:
pn  dracut           <none>
ii  initramfs-tools  0.127
ii  udev             232-18

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[Unit]
Description=tty logger on %I
After=systemd-user-sessions.service plymouth-quit-wait.service
After=rc-local.service

# If additional gettys are spawned during boot then we should make
# sure that this is synchronized before getty.target, even though
# getty.target didn't actually pull it in.
Before=getty.target
IgnoreOnIsolate=yes

# IgnoreOnIsolate causes issues with sulogin, if someone isolates
# rescue.target or starts rescue.service from multi-user.target or
# graphical.target.
Conflicts=rescue.service
Before=rescue.service

# On systems without virtual consoles, don't start any getty. Note
# that serial gettys are covered by serial-getty at .service, not this
# unit.
ConditionPathExists=/dev/tty0

[Service]

Type=simple
ExecStart=/bin/journalctl -f
StandardOutput=tty
UtmpIdentifier=%I
TTYPath=/dev/%I
TTYReset=no
TTYVHangup=no
TTYVTDisallocate=no
KillMode=process
IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
SendSIGHUP=no

# Unset locale for the console getty since the console has problems
# displaying some internationalized messages.
Environment=LANG= LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE= LC_NUMERIC= LC_TIME= LC_COLLATE= LC_MONETARY= LC_MESSAGES= LC_PAPER= LC_NAME= LC_ADDRESS= LC_TELEPHONE= LC_MEASUREMENT= LC_IDENTIFICATION=

[Install]
WantedBy=getty.target
DefaultInstance=tty6