topic Re: getty problem in Operating System - HP-UX

getty problem

ricky_1 — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:08:48 GMT

Hi all,

on my system, the getty process is gone,and it did not get respawned though the entry is correct in inittab.

cons:123456:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty console console

Any suggestions,will be higly apreciated.

thanx and regards,
ricky

Re: getty problem

Michael Tully — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:30:39 GMT

Hi Ricky,

Are there processes currently on the system console?

# ps -ef |grep console

If there are, you should terminate them. (if they
are not doing anything) This should then start
the getty process for the console. If not you may
have to reset you console manually, power off and
on holding down the 'd' key.

HTH
Michael

Re: getty problem

Rainer von Bongartz — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 05:48:40 GMT

Try
init q
to respawn a getty to your console

Re: getty problem

Wodisch — Sat, 04 Aug 2001 14:28:09 GMT

Hello Ricky,

in case your "getty" reports an error, is restarted for
that reason, and this happens too often within a short
amount of time, then you will see a message on the
console telling you that it was "respawning too rapidly"
and hence is NOT restarted again.
Solve the problem by checking the command line options
of your "getty" lin in the "/etc/inittab", the contents of
your "/etc/gettydefs" (with "getty -c") and the validity
of all the serial parameters you are using there.
Post the "getty" line and the paragraph referenced by
it, if you cannot fix it. BTW, "init q" tells "init" to start
the respawning, again.

HTH,
Wodisch