Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:32:00 -0400 From: "Michelle Kasch" <mkasch@home.com> To: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: getty and login_tty error message Message-ID: <001f01c0ef88$864a9780$1a01a8c0@alex1.va.home.com> References: <200106071914.PAA08772@scarlet.my.domain>
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Thanks Ian! I checked into the ttys man file and made the changes you mentioned. Worked like a MK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: "Michelle Kasch" <mkasch@home.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:14 PM Subject: Re: getty and login_tty error message After upgrading to 3.x stable, my console line looks like this console none unknown off insecure The insecure is there to require a root password to login in single user mode. std.9600 is usually used for a terminal which will be logged into remotely with 9600 being the line speed. Try changing the values to what mine have and see if that helps. See man ttys, man 5 termcap, man getty and man gettytab for what all this means. Ian In the last episode, Michelle Kasch stated... > > No, /etc/ttys is the original file from the installation. My /etc/ttys is > pasted below. If the value of 9600 needs to change, I don't understand why > the installation would have put it there and why 9600 would be too fast. > > /etc/ttys: > console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure > # > ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > # Virtual terminals > ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > # Serial terminals > # The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd etc. > ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure > ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure > ttyd2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure > ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure > > Thanks, > MK > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> > To: "Michelle Kasch" <mkasch@home.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 2:15 PM > Subject: Re: getty and login_tty error message > > > Have you changed the /etc/ttys file? > > Ian > > In the last episode, Michelle Kasch stated... > [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.3. I have been getting these error messages since > > installation: > > > > Jun 3 01:01:38 server026 getty[5869]: login_tty /dev/console: Operation > not > > supported by device > > Jun 3 01:01:38 server026 init: getty repeating too quickly on port > > /dev/console, sleeping 30 secs > > Jun 3 01:02:08 server026 getty[5871]: login_tty /dev/console: Operation > not > > supported by device > > Jun 3 01:02:08 server026 getty[5873]: login_tty /dev/console: Operation > not > > supported by device > > Jun 3 01:02:08 server026 getty[5875]: login_tty /dev/console: Operation > not > > supported by device > > Jun 3 01:02:08 server026 getty[5877]: login_tty /dev/console: Operation > not > > supported by device > > Jun 3 01:02:08 server026 getty[5879]: login_tty /dev/console: Operation > not > > supported by device > > Jun 3 01:02:08 server026 init: getty repeating too quickly on port > > /dev/console, sleeping 30 secs > > > > > > I have not been able to figure out how to fix this issue and it's driving > me > > crazy! Does anyone know why this error might be occuring? I have not > > changed the gettytab file or the fbtab file (they are the original files). > > > > Thanks, > > MK > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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