Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 17:25:23 +1100 From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: X error Message-ID: <19970210172523.01249@usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970209215903.25923A-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu>; from Brett Taylor on Feb 02, 1997 at 10:04:50PM References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970209215903.25923A-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
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On Feb 02, 1997 at 10:04:50PM, Brett Taylor wrote: > I have X up and running and it everything appears to work fine. However, > in the console log I am getting the following message over and over again: > > Feb 9 21:57:00 peloton init: getty repeating too quickly on port > /dev/ttyv4, sleeping 30 secs > > I assume this is due to a slight misconfigure of the XF86Config file Not related, at least not directly. How many vt's does dmesg say your kernel is configured for? What vt does X say it is running on at startup? My guess is that you have a getty enabled on ttyv4 (in /etc/ttys) but you only have 4 vt's enabled (0 - 3). It is going to be related to that, anyway. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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