Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 14:26:03 -0700 (MST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ttyv problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970223141541.251A-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
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Hi all,
I have a question - I am getting the following error constantly in the
console log:
Feb 23 14:13:19 peloton init: getty repeating too quickly on port
/dev/ttyv4, sleeping 30 secs
I looked at init's man page and found the following:
DIAGNOSTICS
getty repeating too quickly on port %s, sleeping
A process being
started to service a line is exiting quickly each time it is started.
This is often caused by a ringing or noisy terminal line. Init will
sleep for 10 seconds, then continue trying to start the process.
In /etc/ttys I have the following stuff for ttyv's:
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 off secure
ttyv4 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
Finally, I have the following from dmesg:
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
(I show this because previously someone suggested I may not have enough
virtual consoles)
Does anyone know how to correct this?
Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu
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