Well, as I stated down a ways in the original post inittab gets overwritten on every reboot.
Therein lies the rub. Tried that... Been there.. Thanks anyway and sorry for the confusion. Tom >the inittab entry you are looking at is attempting to take control of >the modem. From what I read here, there is no modem. getty dies. init >respawns getty (because of teh respawn). There is no modem, getty dies. >etc... > >if you don't have a modem, comment out the line. Generally, this is a >call to mgetty, not getty, so I don't understand that. but, unless you >have a serial terminal or something on ttyS3, this line is useless and, >worse, takes up processing time, etc... by respawning. > >Rod > >> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > >R. W. Rodolico >Daily Data, Inc. >POB 140465 >Dallas TX 75214-0465 >214.827.2170 > >It appears I could be pursuing an untamed ornithoid to no purpose. > --Brent Spiner as Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation
