Subject: Re: bug#30467: GuixSD fails to display login prompt on headless server

From: Danny Milosavljevic <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:08:56 +0100

> g1@g1 ~/bug/bug#30467-vga-no-login$ sudo fbset
> 
> mode "1280x1024"
>     geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32
>     timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
>     accel true
>     rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
> endmode
> 
> g1@g1 ~/bug/bug#30467-vga-no-login$ 

Ok, so there is a screen there...

Does

sudo -i
echo foo >/dev/tty1

work and print something there?

What is output of the command "dmesg" ?

Also, please try

ps -ef |grep mingetty