No login prompt on linode through lish

This section should be right up your alley, then:

http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/Ge … ial_Checks">http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/GentooSetup#Initial_Checks

(Subheading "Check LiSH" under the heading "Initial Checks")

Hi. Thanks for your help but I still have this problem.

My /etc/inittab:

# Default runlevel.
id:3:initdefault:               

# System initialization, mount local filesystems, etc.
si::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit    

# Further system initialization, brings up the boot runlevel.
rc::bootwait:/sbin/rc boot      

l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown     
l1:S1:wait:/sbin/rc single      
l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork    
l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default      
l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default      
l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc default      
l6:6:wait:/sbin/rc reboot       
#z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin     

# TERMINALS                     
#c0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/0 linux
#c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
#c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
#c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
#c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
#c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
#c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux

# SERIAL CONSOLES               
#s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100
#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS1 vt100

# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now

# Used by /etc/init.d/xdm to control DM startup.
# Read the comments in /etc/init.d/xdm for more
# info. Do NOT remove, as this will start nothing
# extra at boot if /etc/init.d/xdm is not added
# to the "default" runlevel.    
x:a:once:/etc/X11/startDM.sh

My /etc/securetty:

# /etc/securetty: list of terminals on which root is allowed to login.
# See securetty(5) and login(1).
vc/0                            
vc/1                            
vc/2                            
vc/3                            
vc/4                            
vc/5                            
vc/6                            
vc/7                            
vc/8                            
vc/9                            
vc/10                           
vc/11                           
vc/12                           
tty0                            
tty1                            
tty2                            
tty3                            
tty4                            
tty5                            
tty6                            
tty7                            
tty8                            
tty9                            
tty10                           
tty11                           
tty12                           

tts/0                           
ttyS0                           

I tried adding the following line to /etc/inittab:

c0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/0 linux

but it resulted in the following lish message:

INIT: Id "c0" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

So I commented it out. Any other ideas?

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This is my /etc/inittab on my Linode 100 (I highlighted the important line below):

#
# /etc/inittab:  This file describes how the INIT process should set up
#                the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Author:  Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@cistron.nl># Modified by:  Patrick J. Volkerding, <volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com># Modified by:  Daniel Robbins, <drobbins@gentoo.org># Modified by:  Martin Schlemmer, <azarah@gentoo.org>#
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/sysvinit/files/inittab,v 1.5 2005/12/22 02:03:23 vapier Exp $

# Default runlevel.
id:3:initdefault:

# System initialization, mount local filesystems, etc.
si::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit

# Further system initialization, brings up the boot runlevel.
rc::bootwait:/sbin/rc boot

l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown
l1:S1:wait:/sbin/rc single
l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork
l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default
l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default
l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc default
l6:6:wait:/sbin/rc reboot
#z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

# TERMINALS
#c0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/0 linux
[b]c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty0 linux[/b]
#c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
#c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
#c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
#c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
#c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux

# SERIAL CONSOLES
#s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100
#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS1 vt100

# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now

# Used by /etc/init.d/xdm to control DM startup.
# Read the comments in /etc/init.d/xdm for more
# info. Do NOT remove, as this will start nothing
# extra at boot if /etc/init.d/xdm is not added
# to the "default" runlevel.
x:a:once:/etc/X11/startDM.sh</azarah@gentoo.org></drobbins@gentoo.org></volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com></miquels@cistron.nl> 

/etc/securetty:

# /etc/securetty: list of terminals on which root is allowed to login.
# See securetty(5) and login(1).
vc/0
vc/1
vc/2
vc/3
vc/4
vc/5
vc/6
vc/7
vc/8
vc/9
vc/10
vc/11
vc/12
tty0
tty1
tty2
tty3
tty4
tty5
tty6
tty7
tty8
tty9
tty10
tty11
tty12

tts/0
ttyS0

So there might be some inconsistencies and/or outdated information in the LinodeWiki article on GentooSetup.

Come to think of it, after a certain Gentoo kernel and/or system profile (I don't remember which), you need to use tty0 instead of vc/0.