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From: "Riley J. McIntire" <rileyj@train.tgci.com>
To: helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De, jdc@denver.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:52:27 +0000
Subject: running watch (was Re: your mail)
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> From:          Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>
> Subject:       Re: your mail
> To:            chaos@tgci.com
> Date:          Tue, 8 Jul 1997 01:38:16 +0200 (MET DST)
> Cc:            helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De, jdc@denver.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG

> > Just to jump in here and bug someone else.  I had the same problem, 
> > had configured the kernel fo snp, and eventually ran MAKEDEV snp0 per 
> > John-David Childs (thanks!).
> > 
> > Then I tried:
> > 
> > #watch ttyp0
> > 
> > Got a blank screen and exited quickly.  (If it means anything I"m running 
> > rc5v2 on ttyp0, the joint endeavor to break rsa 56 bit.)  And I'm doing 
> > this remotely from a (network) telnet session.
> > 
> > 
> > Now I get this:
> > 
> > su-2.00# ls -l /dev/snp*
> > crw-------  1 root  wheel   53,   0 Jul  7 13:14 /dev/snp0
> > su-2.00# who
> > rileyj   ttyp0   Jul  6 15:14  (my ip stuff)
> > rileyj   ttyp1   Jul  7 12:50  (my ip stuff)
> > su-2.00# watch ttyp0
> > Fatal: Cannot open snoop device.
> > su-2.00#
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Your snoop device might already be used by another watch. To find out, enter
> 
> # ps aux | grep [w]atch
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
> 
Bingo!  watch seemed to detach from the terminal and was running.  
Where the output was going I don't know, maybe the console?  I'll 
find out when I get to my office sometime tonight!

Thanks to both of you for the help.  I assume also that the original 
poster got up and running!

Cheers,

Riley