Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!philapd!ssp2!pb From: pb@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Peter Brouwer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: getty spawning too fast in 386/ix? Message-ID: <331@ssp2.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 4 Sep 89 11:29:30 GMT References: <21774@cup.portal.com> Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands Lines: 15 In article <21774@cup.portal.com> dstein@cup.portal.com (Doug Mr-Science Stein) writes: >I get the following erromessage: > INIT: getty respawning too quickly > >Any ideas on what may be going wrong? Yes something is wrong with your cable connection. The problem lies in the modem signal wiring. See Systems administrators's guide page B-5 for a null modem connection. -- Peter Brouwer, # Philips Telecommunications and Data Systems, NET : pb@idca.tds.philips.nl # Department SSP-P9000 Building V2, UUCP : ....!mcvax!philapd!pb # P.O.Box 245, 7300AE Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. PHONE:ext [+31] [0]55 432523, # Never underestimate the power of human stupidity