I ran "/sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5" from single user mode, and after a few seconds I received the shell prompt with no messages displayed.
> Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 18:38:52 -0400 > From: Sam Varshavchik <mr...@courier-mta.com> > Subject: Re: Fedora 13 Upgrade Going Badly > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Message-ID: <cone.1275259132.572435.9218....@commodore.email-scan.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > philbrog writes: > >> The system installed without any error messages, then when I re-boot I >> see >> several error messages, then these messages repeated over and over: >> >> init: tty (/dev/tty2) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty2) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty3) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty3) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty4) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty4) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty5) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty5) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty6) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty6) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty2) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty2) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty3) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty3) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty4) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty4) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty5) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty5) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> init: tty (/dev/tty6) main process (nnnn) terminated with status 1 >> init: tty (/dev/tty6) main process (nnnn) ended, respawning >> >> etc. >> >> OK, so I've re-booted into single-user mode, now what? > > Do you have /sbin/mingetty installed? > >>From single user mode, run "/sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5" and see what >>happens. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
