syslog: getty: cannot open "console". errno: 6

[George_Dodds]

Scenario we have 2 d270's running 10.20 in a service gaurd cluster.

Node 1 keeps failing

When i check the OLDsyslog (I rebooted to fix it)i see

Sep 9 21:31:21 cbilmpn1 ftpd[15089]: User bmpadma logged out
Sep 9 16:37:50 cbilmpn1 syslog: getty: cannot open "console". errno: 6

The timestamp seems to have went back 5 hours as well.

On searchimg the error it mostly seems like a hardware issue with the core i/o but when i checked Tombstones there were no i/o errors.

I cant see a problem in gettydefs or innittab.

Any ideas?

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,

Recycle the power of console and mux.
If the error repeats , try changing Mux/Console.

regards,

U.SivaKumar.

[George_Dodds]

The console is connected to serial 1 on the back of the server.

Ta

George

[Bill Hassell]

Check for the device file:

ll /dev/console
crw--w--w- 1 root tty 0 0x000000 Sep 1 22:40 /dev/console

It may have been deleted accidently. Check also for /dev/tty too.

[George_Dodds]

Hi Bill

Both files are there.

crw--w--w- 1 root sys 0 0x000000 Sep 10 10:16 /dev/console

crw-rw-rw- 1 bin bin 207 0x000000 Sep 10 12:40 /dev/tty

[George_Dodds]

PS these are D370's not D270's as stated.

Ta

George

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

grep console /etc/inittab

[George_Dodds]

#grep console /etc/inittab

ioin::sysinit:/sbin/ioinitrc >/dev/console 2>&1

tape::sysinit:/sbin/mtinit > /dev/console 2>&1

muxi::sysinit:/sbin/dasetup /dev/console 2>&1 # mux init

brc1::bootwait:/sbin/bcheckrc /dev/console 2>&1 # fsck, etc.

link::wait:/sbin/sh -c "/sbin/rm -f /dev/syscon; /sbin/ln /dev/systty /dev/sysco
n" >/dev/console 2>&1

sqnc::wait:/sbin/rc /dev/console 2>&1 # system init

powf::powerwait:/sbin/powerfail >/dev/console 2>&1 # powerfail

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