Ubuntu

VTs running getty don't respawn after logout

Bug #158777 reported by Chris Redpath
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Bug Description

New installation of Ubuntu Server 7.10, only system level change from install is to use the procedure in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/129910 to remove nvidiafb and vesafb from the blacklist and regenerate initrd.

Steps to reproduce:
Login to one of the virtual consoles.
Do some stuff.
Logout.

Behaviour:
When you logout, the console closes and you are left with a blinking cursor at the top of the screen. You can type but there isn't anything listening.
You can restart the dead tty by logging into another or via SSH and restarting the relevant terminal - sudo initctl start tty(x)
Once you have restarted it manually, the terminal will respawn after logout as expected.

Expected behaviour:
After logout, a new login prompt is presented.

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Chris Redpath (chris-strcmp) wrote :

This is a fairly low priority issue since you can restart the TTY as necessary, however I couldn't find any reference to it through Google or the bug tracker here so I had to work out the work-around from scratch after figuring out where inittab had gone.

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James Collier (james-collier412) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.

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Chris Redpath (chris-strcmp) wrote :

Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce because that machine was killed in a lightning strike about 3 months ago. The replacement is running a new install of 8.04 and does not have the same issues.

I have no objection to closing at all.

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