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From: shields@yunccn.UUCP (Paul Shields)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: getty keeps dying
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Date: 9 Jul 90 19:28:24 GMT
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max@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Max Southall) writes:
>>/dev/tty01: getty keeps dying - there may be a problem
>When it's a real port, it disables it ... very annoying.
>The version I have is Xenix 286 2.2.3 ...

I find this happens if a modem's carrier detect is "on" when I boot
Xenix.  The driver normally tells you when booting which serial cards
are installed and how many ports they have.  But if the modem CD light
is on, it ignores the card. 

Getty will die on these "non-existent" ports.  I think it's a bug the
serial driver.  Perhaps there is a fix for this?
-- 
Paul Shields, shields@nccn.yorku.ca  (..!uunet!yunccn!shields)
Playing devil's advocate, as usual.