From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Dec 2 18:25:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA11702 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:25:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp7.portal.net.au [202.12.71.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA11693 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:25:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA03218; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:23:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812030223.SAA03218@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: trsteins@pcisys.net (Tracy Steinwand) cc: FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mgetty help needed In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 03 Dec 1998 02:21:16 GMT." <3665f505.5646733@mail.pcisys.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 18:23:24 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.7 on a PPro. When I initially installed the > system, I went overboard and loaded many applications that I thought > I'd get around to running/playing with. When I learned later that I > was quickly running out of hard disk space, I decided to pkg_delete > many of the items I felt I no longer needed. Apparently, I went > overboard!!! Now when I boot my machine, I receive the following > error > > login: Nov 29 04:26:46 steins init: Can't exec getty > '/usr/local/sbin/mgetty' for port /dev/cuaa1: no such file or > directory > > The mgetty program appears to be missing from /usr/local/sbin. My > problem is that I don't know where it went or how to get it back. Any > ideas? You don't want it back, you want to restore /etc/ttys to its original state before you added the mgetty entry. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message