dstein@cup.portal.com (Doug Mr-Science Stein) (09/02/89)
I'm trying to direct connect a terminal via COM1: on a 386/25 system running ISC 2.0.2. I have editted /etc/inittab to respawn 00 starting at 9600 baud (I know that I also eventually need to change /etc/conf/init.base [or whatever]), but after changing inittab and execututing telinit Q I get the following erromessage: INIT: getty respawning too quickly Any ideas on what may be going wrong?
cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) (09/02/89)
In article <21774@cup.portal.com>, dstein@cup.portal.com (Doug Mr-Science Stein) writes: > I'm trying to direct connect a terminal via COM1: on a 386/25 system > running ISC 2.0.2. I have editted /etc/inittab to respawn 00 starting > at 9600 baud (I know that I also eventually need to change > /etc/conf/init.base [or whatever]), but after changing inittab and > execututing telinit Q I get the following erromessage: > INIT: getty respawning too quickly This is usually caused by the open on the device failing. In setting up a new tty port, I usually ensure that the following works (displays output on the tty) prior to starting the getty. ( stty 9600 cat /etc/passwd ) > /dev/tty?? <&1 2>&1 If this works then the getty shouldn't fail to open the device. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Conor P. Cahill uunet!virtech!cpcahil 703-430-9247 ! | Virtual Technologies Inc., P. O. Box 876, Sterling, VA 22170 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
pb@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Peter Brouwer) (09/04/89)
In article <21774@cup.portal.com> dstein@cup.portal.com (Doug Mr-Science Stein) writes: >I get the following erromessage: > INIT: getty respawning too quickly > >Any ideas on what may be going wrong? Yes something is wrong with your cable connection. The problem lies in the modem signal wiring. See Systems administrators's guide page B-5 for a null modem connection. -- Peter Brouwer, # Philips Telecommunications and Data Systems, NET : pb@idca.tds.philips.nl # Department SSP-P9000 Building V2, UUCP : ....!mcvax!philapd!pb # P.O.Box 245, 7300AE Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. PHONE:ext [+31] [0]55 432523, # Never underestimate the power of human stupidity