Getty Problem (Summ
James Peregrino
JPEREGRINO at hbsstg.harvard.edu
Tue Mar 19 03:28:00 AEST 1991
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 . . .
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