Also try runsystem.gnu --- daemons/console-run.c | 7 +++++++ init/init.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: hurd-debian/init/init.c =================================================================== --- hurd-debian.orig/init/init.c 2012-11-26 00:23:25.000000000 +0000 +++ hurd-debian/init/init.c 2012-11-26 00:25:06.000000000 +0000 @@ -1087,6 +1087,7 @@ static const char *const tries[] = { "/libexec/runsystem", + "/libexec/runsystem.gnu", _PATH_BSHELL, "/bin/shd", /* XXX */ };