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From: pyrros@cis.udel.edu (Christos Pyrros)
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Subject: 2.0 getty bug?
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Date: 6 May 91 01:13:42 GMT
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I have a slab running 2.0 with a terminal hanging off ttyb.  The getty program
is hogging alot of CPU time; notice the following samples:

USER       PID  %CPU %MEM VSIZE RSIZE TT STAT  TIME COMMAND
root       683  23.5  2.1 1.24M  168K  b S    22:06 - std.9600 ttyb (getty)

root       683  20.6  2.1 1.24M  168K  b R    22:07 - std.9600 ttyb (getty)

root       683  16.5  2.1 1.24M  168K  b R    22:18 - std.9600 ttyb (getty)

root       683  30.1  2.1 1.24M  168K  b R    22:20 - std.9600 ttyb (getty)

root       683  26.6  2.1 1.24M  168K  b R    22:23 - std.9600 ttyb (getty)

root       683  25.9  2.1 1.24M  168K  b R    22:25 - std.9600 ttyb (getty)


You get the idea!

Someone told me this might be a bug with the serial drivers in 2.0.  Is that
accurate?  I have a 105 Meg HD, and I don't think it would be worth upgrading
to 2.1 before I get an nice, fat, juicy external HD.

Any ideas for quick fixes besides staying logged in all the time?

Thanks,

Chris