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From: bamford@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (harold.e.bamford)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.bugs,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: problems with UUCP and SETGETTY
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Date: 19 Oct 89 15:44:24 GMT
References: <417@cpsolv.UUCP>
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In article <417@cpsolv.UUCP> rhg@cpsolv.uucp (Richard H. Gumpertz) writes:
>I have recently been having problems with UUCICO getting wedged after a session:
>a program named setgetty is running and eating cycles and getty is not getting
>started.

This has happened to me, but only when /etc/inittab is not in the
standard format.  In particular, if you edit the file yourself, and
try to enable a line by removing the leading ":", then you are
screwed (to use the technical term).  Instead, REPLACE the ":" with
a space.

Works for me.

-- Harold