No Console Login possible

[michi79]

Hello,

At one of my boxes there is no console
login possible. (CDE works) The message is

Console Login: getty: failed to open /dev/tty
Dies ist kein Gerdt und keine Adresse

The device file /dev/tty is available and has the same rights and UID/GUID as on the
other boxes (HP-UX 10.20)
regards
L. Wahl

[Andreas Voss · Accepted solution]

Hi,

look at /etc/inittab if you have there:
cons:123456:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty console console

Also check if /dev/console is:
crw--w--w- 1 root sys 0 0x000000 Sep 5 13:39 /dev/console

You can recreate /dev/console with:
insf -evd cn

Regards

Andrew

[Insu Kim]

There might be other process which has opened for console.
do ps -ef| grep console and terminate getty running /dev/console.

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Check /var/dt/Xerrors for any error messages due to CDE.

[Vincente Fernandes]

Try sending test message on "/dev/console", stop the getty process for console in inittab and restart, see if that helps. Otherwise see if any other process has taken over console device. There are high chances that some process must have started before and taken over the console device. Try recreating console device with insf -e