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> can someone please decipher this msg? i found it in my logs.
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> kernel: Warning: dev (03:00) tty->count(1) != #fd's(2) in release_dev
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It looks like you have been trying to do things with pty/tty pairs, the
kernel message comes from ./linux/drivers/char/tty_io.c in funtion;
static int check_tty_count()
Some program or other function may have tryed to touch the tty/pty in some
way or other, or something/one tryed to remove the link or program while it
was still in use.
Of course my theroys could be wrong.
If you are getting a lot of these i suggest you direct a message to
linux-kernel (if this is with linux-2.0.36 or 2.0.37pre#).
If this message is from a Development kernel 2.1.xxx then i would discard it
and let the gurus get on with there work as it quite possably would have been
reported or discovered already.
The folks there have more insight to these "printk"s, they will be able to
explane why it happend far better than i.
I use lots of pty/tty pairs for differnt things here, i have never had this
message show up in any logs. I have 2.0.36 and 2.0.37pre# running on
different machines.
However before writing to linux-kernel i would advise you to check the
problem out a little more, try to find out which program/process/command is
causing the error message, of course thats not an easy task, but is possably
an answer you will get from linux-kernel when sending such a message without
an explanation of what you are doing and what you think is the cause.
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Regards Richard.
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