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Date:      Thu, 08 Jun 2000 13:22:29 -0700
From:      "Raymundo M. Vega" <RaymundoVega@home.com>
To:        dragon12@ix.netcom.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Getty
Message-ID:  <39400085.FD17B112@home.com>
References:  <Springmail.105.960490764.0.93925800@www.springmail.com>

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dragon12@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm a newbie at Unix and I really need some help, I'm running into
> "init: can't exec getty '/user/libexec/getty for port /dev/ttyv1: no
> such file or directory".
> I looked for something or someone to help me with this to no avail. I
> really apprceate it if you would tell me what this means and what
> I can do to correct it. Also there is no login or telnet for the machine.
> 
> Thank you for time and trouble!

no trouble, getty is looking for the device /dev/ttyv1 and it does not
find it, you can make those devices if you type (as root):

cd /dev
./MAKEDEV vty04

this shell command builds 4 ttyv devices from ttyv0->ttyv3

raymundo


> 
> Dave Melby
> 
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