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From: techie@kzsu.Stanford.EDU (Bob Vaughan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Strange error scsi msg. on console
Date: 27 Jun 1996 17:13:05 -0700
Organization: Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
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Message-ID: <4qv82h$iga@kzsu.Stanford.EDU>
References: <31CCD14B.41C6@ucdavis.edu> <4qiq0h$8i3@baygull.rtd.com>
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In article <4qiq0h$8i3@baygull.rtd.com>, Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> wrote:
>In article <31CCD14B.41C6@ucdavis.edu>,
>Michael White <mdwhite@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>>Hi, we have a computer here running FreeBSD 2.1 (stable, I think) and we
>>are getting a strange error message from the scsi hard drive. The
>>message reads:
>>
>>init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv3
>>sleeping 30 seconds
>>
>>and then messages like "last message repeated 4 times" or "...20 times"
>>and it sounds like the hard drive is accessed every 30 seconds (all
>>day long). Anybody have any idea what might be up?
>
>Check to see that all inputs on your COM ports are terminated
>(i.e. not floating).
I also had this problem (under 2.1.0-R) with PCVT configured on the
console.. I solved it by turning off that tty.
Note that /dev/ttyv3 is a console screen under PCVT, and not a serial
port..
my monochrome display card reports having 8 screens, so I tried to
put a PCVT screen on each one.. I had the same error on /dev/ttyv7.
the default config is 4 ttys (ttyv0-ttyv3).(kernel compiled MAXCONS=8)
I'm going to try compiling with MAXCONS=9, and see if I can get 8 working
PCVT screens..
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