harris@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Kenneth Ray Harris) (11/05/90)
I am trying to get a dialup line running on an ISC V2.2 system. I have two serial ports on the system configured as standard COM1 and COM2 ports. I try running a getty on /dev/ttyd0 and it displays an error about respawing too fast. The manual suggests that this means that the port has not been configed properly in the kernel or that there are interrupt conflicts occuring with another device. As far as I can tell, this is not the case. I have a serial mouse connected to /dev/tty01 for use with X and it works fine. VPIX is able to access /dev/tty00 and it works fine. What am I doing wrong? Any suggetsions would be greatly appreciated.
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (11/05/90)
In article <7422@uwm.edu> harris@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Kenneth Ray Harris) writes: >I am trying to get a dialup line running on an ISC V2.2 system. >I have two serial ports on the system configured as standard >COM1 and COM2 ports. I try running a getty on /dev/ttyd0 and it >displays an error about respawing too fast. The manual suggests Read the FAQ posting (just posted yesterday). Pay special attention to question number 6. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
richard@octel.UUCP (Richard Karasik) (11/09/90)
Yeah, check your inittab (/etc/inittab) . It turns out that some of the ISC packages use the same bloody names in the inittab (field 1). Thus they stomp each other when init runs. ie init is already running something with that name and loses its tiny mind. Just change the names to all be different and it should work. This is what I found after all the normal broken reasons for things respawning too rapidly were checked. By the way the things ISC suggests are ok - its just that things dont usually get that broken. (OK OK my things dont usually get that broken) Richard Karasik richard@octel ... sun!kass!richard
hoepfner@usun01.UUCP (Andreas Hoepfner) (11/09/90)
In <7422@uwm.edu> harris@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Kenneth Ray Harris) writes: >I am trying to get a dialup line running on an ISC V2.2 system. >I have two serial ports on the system configured as standard >COM1 and COM2 ports. I try running a getty on /dev/ttyd0 and it >displays an error about respawing too fast. The manual suggests (deleted...) No, I had the same problems some days ago and couldn't fix them with the original drivers. I thing they have a bug handling lines with modem control.....was discussed here for a long time ! The solution is installing the FAS 2.07 (don't know if this is the latest revision ?) serial drivers. I also don't have problems runnig my terminal with 19200 baud anymore....... Andreas :-) +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Andreas Hoepfner | | | | paper mail: e-mail: | | | | c/o/ SNI AG USA: hoepfner.kd@nixdorf.com | | Abt. PU 2222 !USA: hoepfner.kd@nixdorf.de | | Heinz Nixdorf Ring | | D-4790 Paderborn | | tel.: (+49) 5251 107479 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+