Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:44:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:44:01 -0400 Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net ([206.13.28.240]:29171 "EHLO snfc21.pbi.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:43:52 -0400 Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 00:31:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Rankin Subject: Password prompt sometime appears on wrong vc??? To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <200110120731.f9C7VOxX015524@twopit.underworld> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have been noticing this problem for several kernel iterations now; before 2.4.7, I think. Basically, the *first* time that I try to login to a vc (my non-X console is vc/6), the "login: " prompt appears on vc/6 but the "Password:" prompt always appears on vc/1. I have to type the password in on vc/1 as well. This happens on both my UP non-devfs box and on my SMP devfs box. Once I logout and try logging in again, the "Password:" prompt appears correctly on vc/6 and everything is fine. I am using the shadow utilities, and so the password is read from /dev/tty rather than from /dev/vc/6. However, my understanding is that /dev/tty is meant to be the "current" console. Is something failing to get initialised somewhere? Cheers, Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/