Re: S1 Spawning problem ..
john.d.smith:
> Very new to Linux,
...
> periodically i.e. every 5 minutes I get a cascade of bad command faults
> and the last line reads, S1 spawning to fast .. pausing for 5 minutes.
The `spawning too fast, pausing 5 minutes' message means that the command
at the end of the S1 line in inittab is failing for some reason.
My suggestion would be:
1) comment out the S1 line in inittab (ie put a # in front of it)
2) run the command "telinit q" to tell init about it
3) run the command manually, check what error messages it gives, if it's
logging anything in /var/log, etc, and fix it so that it runs as it should
When you're satisfied that it's OK:
4) undo step (1), adding any necessary modifications to the command
5) run the command "telinit q" again
> What is happening exactly, is it because the PCMCIA manager does not
> support the modem card?
That depends on what the command on the S1 line is, and what error message
it gives when you try it manually.
HTH
Jiri
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