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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!li.net!jwc From: jwc@newshost.li.net (John W. Carbone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: xdm causing getty repeating too quickly? Date: 28 Apr 1996 20:14:58 GMT Organization: LI Net (Long Island Network) Lines: 152 Message-ID: <4m0jk2$4gg@linet06.li.net> References: <4lug3j$jhn@linet06.li.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: linet01.li.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Correction to my previous post, the /etc/ttys fragment should read: ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure #ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodeamon" xterm on secure Sorry for any trouble, and thanks in advance. John W. Carbone (jwc@newshost.li.net) wrote: : After modifing the kernel and /etc/ttys to support xdm, I started getting the : following messages on the console: : Apr 27 16:24:55 cyko init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv3, sleeping 30 secs : Apr 27 16:26:57 cyko last message repeated 4 times : Apr 27 16:37:10 cyko last message repeated 20 times : Apr 27 16:46:52 cyko last message repeated 19 times : Apr 27 16:57:03 cyko last message repeated 20 times : How can I correct this problem? : Thank you very much inadvance for your help. : Here is some addtional information. : "dmesg | grep sc" returns, not a typo grep returned two sets: : sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard : sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> : sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard : sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> : I'm using an Kelvin 64 PCI video card, but didn't have any trouble with X : before adding xdm. : This is a fragment from /etc/ttys: : console none unknown off secure : # : ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure : # Virtual terminals : ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure : ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure : ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure : ttyv4 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodeamon" xterm on secure : Here is my kernel config file: : # : # $Id: KERNEL,v 1.3 1996/04/27 20:10:32 root Exp $ : # : # : # Mandatory : # : machine "i386" : cpu "I586_CPU" : ident "CUSTOM" : config kernel root on wd0 : maxusers 20 : # : # 4.3BSD compatability : # : options "COMPAT_43" : # : # ISA system w/ > 16Mb RAM : # : options BOUNCE_BUFFERS : # : # Console driver : # : device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr : # : # X server and console support : # : options XSERVER : options UCONSOLE : # : # Number virtual consoles : # : options "NCONS=4" : # : # System V IPCs : # : options SYSVSHM : options SYSVSEM : options SYSVMSG : # : # Buses : # : controller isa0 : controller pci0 : # : # Floating point coprosessor : # : device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr : # : # Floppy disks : # : controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr : disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 : disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 : # : # SCSI controller and devices : # : controller scbus0 : controller aha0 at isa? port "IO_AHA0" bio irq ? drq 5 vector ahaintr : device sd0 : device st0 : device cd0 : options "SCSI_DELAY=1" : # : # File systems : # : options FFS : options NFS : options MFS : options MSDOSFS : options "CD9660" : options PROCFS : # : # Serial and parallel ports : # : device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr : device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr : device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr : # : # Networking : # : device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 15 iomem 0xd8000 vector edintr : options INET : pseudo-device loop : pseudo-device ether : pseudo-device log : pseudo-device sl 1 : pseudo-device tun 1 : pseudo-device pty 16 : # : # Exec gzipped a.out's : # : pseudo-device gzip