Can not access terminal with dietpi dashboard

Creating a bug report/issue

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Required Information

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version

G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9

G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=18

G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=1

G_GITBRANCH=‘master’

G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’

G_LIVE_PATCH_STATUS[0]=‘applied’

  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN

trixie 0

  • Kernel version | uname --all

Linux DietPi 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1 (2025-09-16) aarch64 GNU/Linux

  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture

arm64

  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3)

RPi Zero 2 W (aarch64)

  • Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower)
  • SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra)

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | (EG: Nextcloud)
  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi?
    ← If you sent a “dietpi-bugreport”, please paste the ID here →
  • Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID = cb645bc6-e7d5-44bd-a09e-5ee16fba3964

Steps to reproduce

Can not access terminal with dietpi dashboard - as soon as type login and press enter, screen reset and comes back asking for login again - result can not login

  1. …just login into the dashboard with any browser and it happens

Expected behaviour

should be able to login like ssh

Actual behaviour

unable to login into terminal

Extra details

I have a nice video showing this, but does not let me upload video

Maybe better to open the issue with dedicated Dashboard GitHub repository GitHub · Where software is built

btw this sounds similar Terminal stuck at login · Issue #1139 · nonnorm/DietPi-Dashboard · GitHub

Indeed same issue I have