On 2007/05/29 22:06, Maurice Janssen wrote: > and sent -HUP to init. There's a getty process on tty00, but there's > no login: prompt on the terminal. Everything I type on the terminal is > echoed on the screen, so the cable is OK (local echo is off).
getty waits for an incoming connection > The funny thing is, when I start 'tip tty00' on the machine (while > logged in at the keyboard+monitor), the login: prompt appears on the > terminal. tip sets the modem control lines > I suspected a problem with the permissions of the tty00 device. After > logout, they are set to > crw------- 1 root wheel 8, 0 May 29 21:44 tty00 > When logged in it is set to > crw------- 1 maurice tty 8, 0 May 29 22:00 tty00 that's right > ksh: No controlling tty (open /dev/tty: Device busy) tip probably has control > Any ideas what's going wrong? cable not wired correctly? try telling the system it's a local (not modem) connection - add 'local' to /etc/ttys
