On So, 2004-06-27 at 11:49, Kiko Piris wrote: > On 27/06/2004 at 11:18 +0200, Timo Reimerdes wrote: > > > I got this Problem and according to some board-posts and newsgroups I > > found using google some others do, too. Unfortunately nothing they > > posted helped in resolvnig this problem. I am shure I just messed up > > some minor thing when switching to 2.6.x kernels. > > > > ----this is /var/log/syslog----- > > Jun 27 11:07:08 area init: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 > > minutes > > Jun 27 11:07:08 area init: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 > > minutes > > Jun 27 11:07:08 area init: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 > > minutes > > Jun 27 11:07:09 area init: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 > > minutes > > Jun 27 11:07:11 area init: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 > > minutes > > Jun 27 11:07:11 area init: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 > > minutes > > --------- > > Those id's are usually the getty's for tty consoles (at least they are > in default /etc/inittab). So your kernel might lack something related to > tty support. > > Does /var/log/kern.log say anything? nothing I am aware of being connected to this issue :/ > > The messages you posted really do not say anything about the cause of > `getty' dying in every respawn, so it could many things. > > If system logs do not say anything, try to run the command in > /etc/inittab from a console and see it's output. > <snip /etc/inittab> 1:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L 38400 tty1 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L 38400 tty2 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L 38400 tty3 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L 38400 tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L 38400 tty5 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L 38400 tty6 </snip> executed at prompt I get no feedback - not on console nor on syslog root:~/# /sbin/getty -L 38400 tty6 root:~/# /sbin/getty -L 38400 tty1 root:~/# /sbin/getty -L 38400 tty2 root:~/# /sbin/getty -L 38400 tty3 root:~/# /sbin/getty -L 38400 tty4 root:~/# /sbin/getty -L 38400 tty5 and: "tail -f /var/log/syslog" stil contains: Jun 28 07:51:38 area init: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Jun 28 07:51:38 area init: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Jun 28 07:51:38 area init: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Jun 28 07:51:39 area init: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Jun 28 07:51:39 area init: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Jun 28 07:51:39 area init: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes :( no prompt @ console. :/ thx for all the help. -- Timo Reimerdes tr@gtnw.de
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