Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 10:20:41 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: rheller@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Richard Heller) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html Message-ID: <199608071720.KAA10087@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <199608071613.MAA04015@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> from "Richard Heller" at Aug 7, 96 12:13:57 pm
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> I'm having trouble setting up X windows. I've got it pretty much up and > running, but I can't get it to read the .xinitrc file. What could cause > that? > > Also, I keep getting messages like "getty repeating too fast" and "repeated last > message 4 times." What are those error messages trying to tell me? Make sure all of the signals on your COM (sio) ports are properly terminated. Noise on DCD *could* cause getty to twitch... Does the log indicate *where* (i.e. which port) getty is complaining? If not, try manually disabling them in /etc/ttys to see when the problem goes away (you need to kill -HUP init for this, though) --don
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