>>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:20 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > I am seeing a file by syslogd on /dev/tty7 in the lsof output > > syslogd 13827 root 3u FIFO 94,1 28707 > /dev/xconsole > syslogd 13827 root 21w REG 94,1 91442612 29065 > /dev/tty7 > syslogd 13827 root 22w REG 94,1 91442612 29065 > /dev/tty7 > syslogd 13827 root 23w REG 94,1 91442612 29065 > /dev/tty7
That looks like your problem. The "REG" says that it is a "regular file" when it should be "CHR." What distribution is this? I know that syslogd isn't a userid shipped with SLES9 or SLES10. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
