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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:56:22 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
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Subject: Re: getty on /dev/ttypN
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:33:20 -0500, "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote:
> I think I ran mergemaster correctly on the upgrade. I'm not sure why init is
> trying to talk to these ports, which are obviously pseudo terminals...

Do you have X running? Usually, the ttypN pseudo terminals
are employed by xterms (or other terminal emulators on X).
Maybe this is a result of a non-starting X?

Do you have automated "screen" sessions running? Does the
command "w" show something strange?

The configuration files you showed seem to look completely
normal.

I don't see why init tries to getty for the ttypN...

	init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/ttyp[01]:
		No such file or directory

The ttypN files in /dev are, if I see this correctly, only
generated when needed.


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