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Subject: bug#30467: GuixSD fails to display login prompt on headless server
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:08:56 +0100
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To: George myglc2 Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com>
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> 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