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From: jbh@bnrunix.UUCP (John B. Hampton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Strange "getty: failed to open /dev/tty" behavior
Keywords: getty,/dev/tty,9000/360,HP-UX 6.5
Message-ID: <481@bnrunix.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 90 15:36:24 GMT
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Organization: BNR Inc., RTP, NC
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We recently saw something baffling on one of our HP 9000/360
workstations, running HP-UX 6.5.  After four days' continuous logon,
the following message appeared in the "console" window:

	getty: failed to open /dev/tty: no such device or address

The message was repeated at regular intervals as getty died and was
respawned.  This continued for two days.  We fired off a getty from
another window, and this worked normally.  We logged off and rebooted; 
of course, the condition didn't reappear, and hasn't been seen in the
week since.

My question is, if anyone else has seen this, what are the cause and
cure (other than the "Gordian" solution :-) ?

Many thanks in advance,

John Hampton
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