console login problem

[Jun Zhang_4]

It took the root/password and showed the Copyright almost a full page until the line "You have mail", then sit there, without a command prompt. Looking at the console process, it still the getty line, without being changed to -sh. So I cannot login at the console.

Jun

[Massimo Bianchi]

Did you try entering user and password ?

Sometimes is only a display problem. Try hitting a couple of enter...

Is the shell allright ? MUST be /sbin/sh

Is there any nfs_mount in the PATH? this can cause very long login times..

Is there anything in the .profile that can consume time ?

Is this only from console or also from telnet logins ?

Massimo

[DGH_2]

Hi
what did you changed on the systemrecently to reboot it?

did you try to telnet the system?

GDH

[Jun Zhang_4]

root does use /sbin/sh, home dir is /.
The problem occurs only at the console, telnet sessions are fine.
I did nfs mounted a cdrom drive from a linux machine. The drive was mounted and functional when console login was attempted.
No related message in syslog.log.


Jun

[Jun Zhang_4]

I repowered the dumb terminal, and the root pound sign is already there, all functional. If I relogin, the whole procedure is repeated. So there is still a (strange) problem.

Jun

[Mark Greene_1]

What's in /etc/securetty and /etc/gettydefs?

mark

[Massimo Bianchi]

If you can,
try renaming the .profile and login again...

Massimo

[doug hosking]

You power cycled the terminal and things recovered? That sounds like maybe your login session is sending out control codes that lock the keyboard. Check the bottom of the terminal and see if there's anything like 'kbd locked' or 'keyboard locked' messages. Sometimes that can happen when your .login/.profile is querying for terminal type.