Hello What would cause this error to be put in my /var/log/auth.log file?
Mar 26 06:52:17 mrfan /sbin/getty[15828]: /dev/tty4: cannot open as standard input: No such device These are the facts: ls -l /dev/tty5 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 5 Mar 4 16:48 /dev/tty5 >From my /etc/inittab file # /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels. # # The "id" field MUST be the same as the last # characters of the device (after "tty"). # # Format: # <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 Other info, I am using Debian Sparc 2.1 with only stable updates on a headless sparc5. I only use ssh to connect to this computer. when I did a ps auxw | grep tty, it did not list any output. However, if I connect the monitor and keyboard and restart the computer, then I will get /sbin/getty output in my ps auxw list. Is that the source of my error? Running getty in my inittab yet not having a keyboard installed? If so, is there some way I could conditionally run getty so it only runs when I have the keyboard installed? John
