From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 23 18:07:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA14608 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 18:07:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA14579 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 18:06:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA15921; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 12:35:41 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA26193; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 12:35:40 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980124123540.06606@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 12:35:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: efinley@castlenet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: what does this getty error mean? References: <34c8ba57.123359776@castlenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <34c8ba57.123359776@castlenet.com>; from Elliot Finley on Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 03:47:07PM +0000 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 03:47:07PM +0000, Elliot Finley wrote: > When I boot my system up, I get the following error from init: > > 'getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyRXX, sleeping 30 secs' > > if anyone knows what this means, or how to resolve it, I would > appreciate your input... It means that you have a getty on a port which is not responding correctly; probably it's sending junk back on the login: prompt. You should either fix the port (is this a multiport serial board?), or disable the port in /etc/ttys. Greg