From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 15 19:13:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43AA6106566B for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:13:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@digitaltorque.ca) Received: from mail.storm.ca (mail.storm.ca [IPv6:2607:f0b0:0:6:209:87:239:66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D018FC0C for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:13:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@digitaltorque.ca) Received: from anton.digitaltorque.ca (hs-216-106-102-70.storm.ca [216.106.102.70]) by mail.storm.ca (8.14.2+Sun/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n1FIdRfK002337; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:39:32 -0500 (EST) Received: by anton.digitaltorque.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3581F860097; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:39:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:39:22 -0500 From: "Michael P. Soulier" To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20090215183920.GZ24616@anton.digitaltorque.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090214203319.GR24616@anton.digitaltorque.ca> <20090214215622.f2b54a43.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0blaZc+aUkVqY8MO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090214215622.f2b54a43.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getty on /dev/ttypN X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:13:30 -0000 --0blaZc+aUkVqY8MO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 14/02/09 Polytropon said: > 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? Nope, headless server. > Do you have automated "screen" sessions running? Does the > command "w" show something strange? Yes, I'm running screen remotely. Nothing strange. > The configuration files you showed seem to look completely > normal. >=20 > I don't see why init tries to getty for the ttypN... Nope, me neither. If it were Linux I'd look for getty lines in /etc/inittab, but that's not where things are configured here. Is init configured anywhere on BSD? > The ttypN files in /dev are, if I see this correctly, only > generated when needed. Hmm. Must go read... Mike --=20 Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein --0blaZc+aUkVqY8MO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJmGFYKGqCc1vIvggRAjThAJ4pBYfIWvMmA9O88Khze7hQGLrnxwCfW3ek x4IXMwinN2vUshvuTVrQmXY= =b5vy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0blaZc+aUkVqY8MO--