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From: TCBORDP%VCCSCENT.bitnet@vtvm2.cc.vt.edu (Peter W. Borders)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Getty hanging
Message-ID: <52595@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 3 May 91 20:43:14 GMT
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Recently someone else posted a problem with the getty package from plains.
His getty was hanging after entering the user id and ps showed ':'s for the
process running. I have had this same problem off and on since I installed
the new getty package. The really strange thing is that it only happens once
in a while. The next time I boot up all is fine. Since I am running getty on
all my tty's (including the virtual consoles) I am unable to log in at all,
but the map key shows the same ':' process running and nothing much else.
Has anyone else noticed this? I really like the flexibility of the init /
inittab / getty in this package but it is a real problem if it is going to
hang like this. My current setup is: Generic 386 running Minix 1.5(ph) with
 shoelace to boot, 4 virtual consoles, shared text segment support, nice
scheduling, the init / getty package from plains and increased super blocks,
inodes and processes in the kernel. Everything works great when getty doesn't
hang.
Pete Borders <tcbordp@vccscent> : BITNET