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From: JPEREGRINO@hbsstg.harvard.edu (James Peregrino)
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Subject: Getty Problem (Summ
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I thank those who responded to my question :

>I just upgraded from 4.0.3 to 4.1.1, and now the terminal hanging off the
>first serial port on my SPARC Station 1 doesn't respond.  I get the
>console message :

>getty: /dev/ttya: No such device or address

I got it working by shrinking the GENERIC kernel (under which the above
problem occurred), by cutting out what I didn't need.  It worked upon
rebooting.

Suggested Solutions:

1) 4.0.3 4.1.1 ttytab difference : the 'local/remote' parameter.
	- I tried it and it didn't help
2) Forgot to re-read the ttytab file (kill -1 1)
	- Nope, I knew that.
3) Jumper pins 4 to 5 and 6,8 to 20 on the serial connection.
	- Saved it for the last resort, so I didn't try it.
4) Device driver not configured in kernel (memory problems)
	- Could be.  But it remained untouched between kernels.

I am assuming it was a memory (not enough of) problem.  I am running a
SPARCstation 1 with 16megs.  Perhaps the GENERIC kernel was just a bit too
much for it?  If you're uncomfortable with that answer, so am I . . .