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Date:      Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:39:22 -0500
From:      "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: getty on /dev/ttypN
Message-ID:  <20090215183920.GZ24616@anton.digitaltorque.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20090214215622.f2b54a43.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <20090214203319.GR24616@anton.digitaltorque.ca> <20090214215622.f2b54a43.freebsd@edvax.de>

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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
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"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

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