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[SOLVED] Failing to open() /dev/tty

Hi there,

I am trying to build a small system that uses a simple boot script as init process. Yes, I pass init=myscript to the Linux kernel, crazy thing to do but it works.

However, trying to open() on a tty fails on device not found, even if /dev/tty exists.

Here's the small script I use to the basic things like mount tmpfs, sysfs and procfs, start the udev daemon, configure the console...

Code:

#!/bin/sh



mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys

mount -t proc proc /proc



/etc/init.d/udev start >> /dev/null



setupcon



# Run sh now

/bin/sh



/etc/init.d/udev stop

umount -a



reboot -f

I know I should also add these, from the LFS manual here: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/...6/devices.html

Code:



mknod -m 622 /dev/console c 5 1

mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3

mknod -m 666 /dev/zero c 1 5

mknod -m 666 /dev/ptmx c 5 2

mknod -m 666 /dev/tty c 5 0

mknod -m 444 /dev/random c 1 8

mknod -m 444 /dev/urandom c 1 9

chown root:tty /dev/{console,ptmx,tty}

But added these and still open() fails on /dev/tty.

I have also tried deleting /dev/tty and re-creating it again with

Code:

mknod -m 666 /dev/tty c 5 0

But still open() fails on /dev/tty.

I don't understand if /bin/sh is running on a TTY or not, because

Code:

ps -a

output is empty in this enviroment, or if that is a problem at all.
Any ideas on what am I missing here, please?

You need some actual tty devices as well as tty itself. For example I have

Code:

crw-rw-rw- 1 root  tty    5,  0 Nov 16 10:39 /dev/tty

crw--w---- 1 root  tty    4,  0 Nov 16 10:33 /dev/tty0

crw------- 1 hazel tty    4,  1 Nov 16 18:13 /dev/tty1

crw--w---- 1 root  tty    4,  2 Nov 16 17:36 /dev/tty2

...

Of course those were created by udev. You will probably need to create them by hand.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazel (Post 6185922)

You need some actual tty devices as well as tty itself. For example I have

Code:

crw-rw-rw- 1 root  tty    5,  0 Nov 16 10:39 /dev/tty

crw--w---- 1 root  tty    4,  0 Nov 16 10:33 /dev/tty0

crw------- 1 hazel tty    4,  1 Nov 16 18:13 /dev/tty1

crw--w---- 1 root  tty    4,  2 Nov 16 17:36 /dev/tty2

...

Of course those were created by udev. You will probably need to create them by hand.

Yep! creating the nodes in /dev (with the correct magic numbers and permissions), and sending sh to tty1 with setsid exec made the job!

Code:

mknod -m 666 /dev/tty c 5 0

mknod -m 660 /dev/tty1 c 4 1

setsid sh -c 'exec sh </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1'