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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!boulder!junco.fsl.noaa.gov!kelly From: kelly@junco.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tty00 - problem when removed Date: 24 May 1995 17:20:31 GMT Organization: Forecast Systems Laboratory Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3pvpsv$hs4@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU> References: <3purnb$9po@goofy.unisa.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: junco.fsl.noaa.gov In article <3purnb$9po@goofy.unisa.ac.za>, A. Radovanovic <radova@risc6.unisa.ac.za> wrote: >I am using two modems on ttyd0/cua00 and ttyd1/cua01 (COM1 and COM2). >When I type "w" I am getting the response "w:/dev//tty00: No such file >or directory". When MAKEDEV ttyd0 is done, the tty00 is removed, but somehow >"w" looks for it. How can I remove all traces of nonexisting tty00? I think I encountered this one but I don't remember exactly how I fixed it. I think I went to single user mode, truncated either the wtmp or utmp files, and started 'er back up. Good luck. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA One thing that makes me believe in UFOs is, sometimes I lose stuff. -- Jack Handey