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From: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Esix console getty doesn't run.
Keywords: Esix console getty init
Message-ID: <1090@ke4zv.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 90 10:07:04 GMT
References: <1241@ixos.UUCP>
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
Lines: 15

In article <1241@ixos.UUCP> mars@ixos.UUCP (mars) writes:
>Hello,
>
>I am running Esix Ref C. Everything ran fine, till i sold my VGA monitor
>and hooked up a Sony CPD1402E multisync. Esix started up, ran. The next
>day booting Esix didn't work any more. Init complained with
>co: command respawning too rapidly: getty  (or similar)

Sounds like you didn't reinstall a serial cable properly. This is
causing getty to respawn. Disconnect any serial devices, edit
etc/inittab changing "respawn" to "off" for your gettys and run
"init q". This should stop the messages. Then check each serial
connection one at a time until you find the problem.

Gary