I ran the command "/usr/bin/strace /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty" and I get lots
of output, but the only way to get it to you is for me to re-type the
output. Are there specific messages you're looking for, or do you need all
the output?
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 11:10:04 -0400
From: Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com>
Subject: Re: Fedora 13 Upgrade Going Badly
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philbrog writes:
> No entries in /var/log/messages since May 30 18:22 US Eastern Time.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 09:50:13 -0400, Mike Williams
> <dmikewilliams(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:35 AM, philbrog <philbrog(a)ptd.net> wrote:
>>> I ran "/sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5" from single user mode, and after a
few
>>>> seconds I received the shell prompt with no messages displayed.
>>>
>>> try again while watching the system log
>>>
>>> tail -f /var/log/messages
>>>
>>> Mike
>
>
> Run mingetty under strace: /usr/bin/strace /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty
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>