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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!li.net!jwc From: jwc@newshost.li.net (John W. Carbone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: xdm causing getty repeating too quickly? Date: 28 Apr 1996 01:02:43 GMT Organization: LI Net (Long Island Network) Lines: 141 Message-ID: <4lug3j$jhn@linet06.li.net> Reply-To: jwc@li.net NNTP-Posting-Host: linet04.li.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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