Bug#1108605: hurd: fails to setup console and stdin/out/err

Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Feb 2026 11:39:54 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.hurd
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to 6.11.2025 klo 0.46 Samuel Thibault ([email protected]) kirjoitti:
>
> Martin-Éric Racine, le mar. 04 nov. 2025 08:58:02 +0200, a ecrit:
> > update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative
> > /usr/bin/w-hurd because link group w is broken
> > update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/bin/w with a link
>
> > Creating device nodes: fd fdX stdsettrans: console: Device or resource busy
>
> I'm not getting those.

I'm still getting those.

Setting up hurd (1:0.9.git20251029-3+b1) ...
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative
/usr/bin/w-hurd because link group w is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/bin/w with a link
Restarting Hurd console multiplexer: hurd-console.
Setting up translators: /hurd/exec /hurd/proxy-defpager /hurd/pflocal
(+link) inet (+link) inet6 (+link) /hurd/pci-arbiter /hurd/acpi
/hurd/shutdown /hurd/password crash-kill crash-suspend crash-dump-core
crash.
Creating device nodes: fd fdX stdsettrans: console: Device or resource busy
 vcs hdX hdXsY hdXs1Y sdX sdXsY sdXs1Y rumpdisk wdX wdXsY wdXs1Y
rumpusbdisk udX udXsY udXs1Y cdX ucdX netdde ethX pseudo-root rtc
loopX ttyX ptyp ptyq lprX comX random urandom kbd mouse shm.

This host was installed using crosshurd. I wonder whether it might
have something to do with it? I also get "resources busy" during boot
when initscripts try to change shm permissions.

Martin-Éric