thanks, I used: rm tty2 ./MAKEDEV tty2
and now the permissions are ok (i assume the messages will go away now) just as a last question: are these permissions ok? i'm not sure what they _should_ be... crw--w--w- 1 root root 4, 0 May 31 06:12 tty0 crw------- 1 wilfy tty 4, 1 May 31 06:13 tty1 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 2 May 31 06:18 tty2 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 3 May 31 05:50 tty3 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 4 May 31 05:50 tty4 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 5 May 31 05:50 tty5 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 6 May 31 05:50 tty6 crw--w--w- 1 root root 4, 7 Jul 21 1998 tty7 crw--w--w- 1 root root 4, 8 Jan 1 06:32 tty8 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 4, 9 May 31 06:19 tty9 On Sun, 30 May 1999, Alan Su wrote: > first, i would remove the bogus /dev/tty2 file. then, read the > /dev/MAKEDEV script and the MAKEDEV(8) man page. i think the command > line you want is: > cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV tty > but i'm not sure...you should double check with the script and the man > page. > > -alan > > Paul Harris wrote (Mon, 31 May 1999 06:09:59 +0800 (WST) ): > |>hi, > |> > |>I just had my system hosed, but was able to recover in an hour with > |>minimal (? will find out soon if not!) damage... however I'm getting the > |>ol' > |> > |>INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. > |> > |>Now I know WHY its doing this: my /dev/tty2 was hosed with the system, and > |>I don't know how to create a correct /dev/tty2... > |> > |>can someone please tell me how? check out a dir listing: > |> > |>crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 1 May 31 05:50 tty1 > |>-rw------- 1 root root 0 May 31 05:47 tty2 > |>note tty2 is crapped itself... note also how do i have the sizes (?) to > |>increment like that?
