From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from h000625dbec44.ne.client2.attbi.com ([24.62.34.66] helo=lava-net.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BIfLN-0001Q1-00 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:02:41 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by lava-net.com with local; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:02:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:02:37 -0400 From: Igor Gueths To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040428030237.GA1480@lava-net.com> References: <20040428023457.GA767@lava-net.com> <20040428030010.GA26947@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040428030010.GA26947@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i 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 03:02:41 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there. Upon further examination of syslog entries, I realize now that getty is complaining of a missing /etc/ttytype file. This file never existed to begin with. Any way I can perhaps create one? I've tried several different forms of syntax and getty appears to not like it. On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:00:10PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----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----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAjx7NNohoaf1zXJMRAjCIAJsFb2tBxW3GbF/lJ5TIc+5d2CsZ+QCfRbr5 RULS+TJfb4HBu33afGf/QoE= =H/GA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----