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From: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: help! login login login
Message-ID: <1780@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Nov 89 11:02:17 GMT
References: <4237@netcom.UUCP>
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From article <4237@netcom.UUCP>, by beaulieu@netcom.UUCP (Bob Beaulieu):
> I have a terminal(tvi950) on a plexus P/60 that has a continous "login:"
> on the screen.

Could it be that your terminal is somehow sending continuous
carriage-returns down the line? We've had occasional problems in the
past with misbehaving terminals, and the system console used to say
"getty failing, sleeping" for that particular port. We've now gone over
to Ethernetted terminals so the problem no longer occurs. Have you tried
connecting a different terminal to that port to see what happens?

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