I don't know what you're talking about, but the message
> sbin/mgetty: sbin/mgetty cannot execute binary
>
> ID "X" - respawning too fast - disable for 5 minutes
means that in /etc/inittab, you've got entries for the virtual consoles,
and for each of them a mgetty program that allows you to enter your
login/password and logon.
When the program that mgetty launches (cf inittab to know what it is)
terminates, mgetty will be relaunched automatically because it is said
so ("respawn") in the inittab file.
If the respawn happens too frequently (typically, if the mgetty program
aborts when it's launched), then, in order to let le machine work and do
not load the CPU with this faulty process, it is disabled for 5 minutes.
5 minutes later, the respawn will take place and if the process fails
again a lot of times in a short delay, then it will be disabled again
for 5 minutes, and so on...
==> You've got a problem with the mgetty or maybe with the program that
mgetty launches.
Hope this helps you a little.
Mathieu
Donald Tingle wrote:
>
> Just installed a new M/B w/ AMD 450. Now Linux will not load gives error:
> Also added a SBlaster pci 16
>
> sbin/mgetty: sbin/mgetty cannot execute binary
>
> ID "X" - respawning too fast - disable for 5 minutes
>
> Don
