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From: rogerk@sco.COM (Roger Knopf 5502)
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Subject: Re: getty keeps dying
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Date: 17 Jul 90 02:23:20 GMT
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In article <9Z1yL1w161w@cdthq> gary@cdthq (gary) writes:
>max@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Max Southall) writes:
>> >/dev/tty01: getty keeps dying - there may be a problem
>> Yup, see it all the time, randomly.
>
>Check and make sure all the handshaking lines on your serial
>port are terminated (either looped back to it's opposite number
>on the back of the computer, or driven by your terminal). Noise
>on open lines has caused me problems in the past. 

A very helpful suggestion if this were a serial line, but this
is a console multiscreen login (tty01-tty12 are console).


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