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Subject: INIT repeatedly spawns getty - thanks.
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Date: 3 Jul 90 11:12:42 GMT
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In article <9006290621.aa07092@ADM.BRL.MIL> I wrote:
>
>    Following a recent crash, the performance of our 3130 has
>fallen significantly.  Output from  ps aux  shows that INIT
>is spawning a getty on serial line 2, on which we have an ascii
>terminal.  After a few seconds, a  login  process appears for this
>line, even though no one is using the terminal.  A short while
>later, a new getty appears and the cycle repeats endlessly.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions as to the probable cause of this
>difficulty and how we can resolve it ....

    Thanks to all who responded.  Most suggested a faulty hardware line
to the ascii terminal, which indeed turned out to be the problem.

    Thanks again.

    Hugh Cartwright,  Physical Chemistry, Oxford.