From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.48]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BIfIu-0001Hq-00 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:00:08 -0400 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BIfIq-0007I8-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:00:04 -0700 Received: (qmail 27029 invoked by uid 1023); 28 Apr 2004 03:00:10 -0000 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:00:10 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040428030010.GA26947@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20040428023457.GA767@lava-net.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040428023457.GA767@lava-net.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc Subject: Re: init/login problems X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:00:08 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The example you show differs slightly from what I have in my slackware 9.1 inittab file: c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux Greg On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:34:57PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi all. i just installed Slackware-9.1. After finding out that dhclient > was broken, I used dhcpcd and got an IP from the router over here. > However, I noticed that only 5 ttys were enabled, so I edited inittab > just like I did on my previous Debian system to add 6 more consoles. The > syntax in inittab is: console:1235:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 . > Example: c6:1235:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 > > And I did this for all 12 ttys. Granted, I got the 12 > consoles...However, I can't login as root in consoles 6-12, nor can I > login as user (the account being igueths). All the other accounts I > created could login just fine. Could my problem be something with the > UID's not being set propperly? Also, init is periodically respawning > process when it shouldn't be i.e., I get messages about certain consoles > respawning too fast. Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this? Quite > honestly, I've never seen this type of behavior before on a pretty much > newly installed system. Thanks! > spawning too fa > -- > Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > !DSPAM:408f1865268601198541357! > > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAjx467s9z/XlyUyARAupeAJ9vo9vm+1g7HERT6HcYi7z7qApJFACgwRIA on+s0C7XALO+TUrVh0UJhiY= =UqCg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----