From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 20 13:30:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A6816A4D0 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:30:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C3743D5A for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:30:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i8KDUDKo009150 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:30:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i8KDUDQK009149; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:30:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:30:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Joachim Dagerot Message-ID: <20040920133013.GI6502@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Joachim Dagerot , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200409201256.i8KCuop26171@thunder.trej.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3MHXEHrrXKLGx71o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409201256.i8KCuop26171@thunder.trej.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:30:13 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "can'texec getty'/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm" for port /dev/tty8: no such file or directory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:30:25 -0000 --3MHXEHrrXKLGx71o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 02:56:50PM +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: > I have had this error message for quite some time now. It's not > bothering me too much because it's mainly published in the logs and on > the console, and I normally don't even have a monitor attached to the > system. >=20 > But now during this weekends maintainance I have been working from > console and get the message: >=20 > "can't exec getty '/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm" for port /dev/tty8: no such > file or directory >=20 > every 30 second or so, incredibly irritating when writing a longer > bash-command. >=20 > I searched the archive but only found a solution telling that the /usr > was improperly mounted, which in no way is the case. >=20 > Any other ideas? Edit /etc/ttys and change the line that says: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure to say: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure ^^^ The tell init(8) to re-read that file: # kill -HUP 1 That's presuming you don't actually have xdm(1) installed or want to run it. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --3MHXEHrrXKLGx71o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBTttliD657aJF7eIRAnDcAJsE0IWD9qg7DUBQadjRiF42DwvD0ACfThTe XzQ/pv6lYY+xiLIXrNAlJLk= =PEYw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3MHXEHrrXKLGx71o--