On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 07:42:14PM -0700, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > I get this error whenever I launch my new Debian laptop (a Gateway Solo > 2500, about 5 years old, with 96 MB RAM, 4 GB hard drive, 300 MHz Intel > Celeron chip). Specifically, I get a series of error messages about the > usage of getty before I get the error message: > > Init: Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > And, of course, after 5 minutes, I get the same display again, which is > really annoying when I'm in the middle of doing something on this > computer. I only see the messages when I'm in console mode, not when > I'm running X. But since X looks so god-awful on this computer, I would > much rather run it in console mode. > > What could be causing this error? >
grep "^S:" /etc/inittab this will tell you what the offending process is. I have no process with ID S though in my Debian /etc/inittab, so I don't know what could be causing your error. -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. If you don't know what it is, either ignore it or visit www.gnupg.org My PGP key was last signed 6/10/2003 please download my key again if it is more recent than your copy. If you use GPG, *please* talk to me to sign it. The key is keyID E2B2CAD1 on pgp.mit.edu
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