Re: [Xen-users] XenServer console displays bootup but can't receive keyboard input?

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 02:56, Melody Bliss <melodybliss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Check /etc/inittab. Do you still have a console device?
>

# TERMINALS
#c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 hvc0 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
#c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
#c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
#c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux

> When connected to the console, on another terminal, after logging in
> via ssh, type "echo test > /dev/console"
>
> does test show up on the console connection? If so, the console is
> connected, but getty may not be running on it.
>

"test" appeared

ps aux | grep agetty returns:

root      4143  0.0  0.1   5984   768 hvc0     Ss+  10:39   0:00
/sbin/agetty 38400 hvc0 linux
root      4144  0.0  0.1   5984   768 tty2     Ss+  10:39   0:00
/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
root      4145  0.0  0.1   5984   768 tty3     Ss+  10:39   0:00
/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux

> We had a similar issue where the inittab somehow got
> overwritten/modified that removed the console getty
>
> Mel
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm currently trying to run Gentoo paravirtualized on XenServer.
>>
>> It *is* running... except that the XenServer console refused any
>> input, so I can't login via the console.
>>
>> Login via SSH is okay, though.
>>
>> What makes me confused is that the console properly shows the bootup
>> process, up to and including the "login:" prompt. But I can't type
>> anything.
>>
>> What could be the problem?
>>
>> FYI, I am using Gentoo's hardened-sources
>>
>> Rgds,
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