Re: inittab weirdness?
Try something like egrep -r ttyS3 /etc or similar to see what files
reference this. If some script is running at boot and adding this line to
inittab (or rebuilding inittab entirely), you can find out where this line
is coming from by grepping around /etc.
If a line in a script adds this line, comment out that part of the script.
It's possible that inittab is created from other files upon boot (like
/etc/modules.conf). If that is the case, you can modify whatever base file
the line comes from.
Grep wisely.
-chet
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yet he has sorcery
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Security wrote:
> List;
>
> Here is a weird one I can't seem to find the cause of. Perhaps it is inane,
> harmless, etc but it is annoying. I get these respawning too fast errors to
> the console. They go away when I comment out the
> S:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS3 line and init q it. Until a reboot that
> is.
>
> Truncated for brevity:
>
> or [-hiLmw] [-l login_program] [-t timeout] [-I initstring] [-H
> login_host] line baud_rate,... [termtype]
> INIT: Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>
> I edit my inittab file to look like this in the last lines:
>
>
> # Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
> #
>
> #S:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS3
>
> After a reboot it looks like this:
>
> # how to put a getty on a modem line.
>
>
> S:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS3
>
> I did all kinds of things like make the file read only but it still
> happens. I have absolutely no need for a getty on a modem line, I am on a
> LAN and no phone line ever connects to this box. It is a IBM Thinkpad 701C
> Laptop with a brand spanking new potato installed yesterday. It connects
> through a Xircom PC card and 10baseT. Perhaps I have a package installed I
> don't need or somesuch.
>
> Personal replies appreciated, but responding to the list helps everyone.
>
> Your time and any ideas appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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