[Lxc-users] lxc-start vs terminal

[Ralf Schmitt]

Ralf Schmitt <ralf at brainbot.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm using lxc-0.7.1 and have problems using my terminal to enter input. 
> If I start 
> ,----
> | lxc-start -n simple /bin/bash 
> `----
>
> I get a command prompt:
>
> ,----
> | simple:/#
> `----
>
> If I now type a single 't' character (without newline), I get:
>
> ,----
> | [local]  ~/ # lxc-start -n simple /bin/bash
> | simple:/# zsh: suspended (tty input)  lxc-start -n simple /bin/bash
> | [local]  ~/ #             
> `----
>

git bisect says the following commit broke it for me:

cd453b38b778652cb341062fbf3c38edefc3a478 is the first bad commit
commit cd453b38b778652cb341062fbf3c38edefc3a478
Author: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at free.fr>
Date:   Wed Jun 23 00:44:13 2010 +0200

    fix default console to /dev/tty
    
    Fix default console output fall into the current tty.
    Otherwise fall to /dev/null if no tty is available.
    
    Fix at the same time, Xorg take 100% cpu.
    
    Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano at fr.ibm.com>


starting lxc-start with '-s lxc.console=/dev/null' makes it work for me.

Cheers,
- Ralf