[Lxc-users] "PTY allocation request failed on channel 0 - stdin: is not a tty"

[Ulli Horlacher]

On Tue 2011-11-29 (17:33), Ulli Horlacher wrote:

> If there is no /etc/init/tty1.conf, then create one. It should contain:
> 
> # tty1 - shell 
> #
> # This service maintains a shell on tty1 from the point the system is
> # started until it is shut down again.
> 
> start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
> stop on runlevel [!2345]
> 
> respawn
> exec /bin/openvt -elfc 1 -- su -l

Of course you need the openvt programm installed. It is in the "kbd"
package. And you have to reboot the container.

To test it without rebooting, use:

ssh root at your_container "/bin/openvt -lfc 1 -- su -l"
lxc-lxc-console -n your_container



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