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From: jon@netlabs.com (Jonathan Biggar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Init running away
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Date: 24 Mar 91 12:32:00 GMT
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I am trying to set up our Sparcstations running 4.1 to use xdm, but I am
having a problem with init(8).  If I do not have any entries in
/etc/ttytab activated, (in particular the console), init runs away and
chews up lots of cpu, and does no zombie collection.  At this point,
reenabling the console and sending a HUP signal to init does no good.
Does anyone know of any bug patches or workarounds to fix this problem?

Jon Biggar
jon@netlabs.com