Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 11:32:18 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Pavel V. Antipov" <pavel@ikar.elect.ru>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: getty repeating too quickly (was: Question about process init :() Message-ID: <19981218113218.C486@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217104522.12306A-100000@ikar.elect.ru>; from Pavel V. Antipov on Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 10:52:27AM %2B0300 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217104522.12306A-100000@ikar.elect.ru>
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On Thursday, 17 December 1998 at 10:52:27 +0300, Pavel V. Antipov wrote: > Hi ! > > I research booting progress and I have one problem. > When FreeBSD booting, proceess init says: > > init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv0 > > I have /usr/libexec/getty, full set of varios config files in /etc, > configured device /dev/ttyv0. > > Why process init abuses ? Don't shoot the messenger. init is just reporting the problem, but it's getty which is stopping every time it is started. This is almost certainly because you have a getty on a serial line with nothing connected to it. Disable any gettys not connected to a line. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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