Re: getty on /dev/ttypN

2009-02-15 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 14/02/09 Polytropon said: Do you have X running? Usually, the ttypN pseudo terminals are employed by xterms (or other terminal emulators on X). Maybe this is a result of a non-starting X? Nope, headless server. Do you have automated screen sessions running? Does the command w show

getty on /dev/ttypN

2009-02-14 Thread Michael P. Soulier
After upgrading from 5.5 to 6.3 I'm noticing this a lot on the main console and in my logs. Dec 25 09:33:28 kanga init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/ttyp0: No such file or directory Dec 25 09:33:38 kanga init: can't exec getty 'none' for port /dev/ttyp1: No such file or directory

Re: getty on /dev/ttypN

2009-02-14 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:33:20 -0500, Michael P. Soulier msoul...@digitaltorque.ca wrote: I think I ran mergemaster correctly on the upgrade. I'm not sure why init is trying to talk to these ports, which are obviously pseudo terminals... Do you have X running? Usually, the ttypN pseudo terminals