Spawning too fast...

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Hi,

for me, this sounds as if the timing constants in your "init" program
are not right. Init counts, how often a given program is started
new, to prevent erroneous programs from taking up all ressources.

I have seen a similar problem when I did some "bulk fax reception
tests" - after receiving about 20 1- and 2-page faxes, init disabled
my mgetty line.

AFAIK, there is not much you can do besides modifying the source code
of "init" (SysVInit, likely) and increase the allowed number of restarts
per time unit.


Regarding your log file: if mgetty is actually running, and unable to
initialize your modems anymore, you might have a problem with the modem
hardware -- Sportsters are not very reliable, they are *cheap*. Most
"my modem has weird problems"-mails on this list had something to
do with USR Sportsters.

You might want to verify this by using different modems (borrow one
from a friend, for some time), different serial cables and serial
ports, etc.

gert


Frere Roy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using mgetty 0.98 on our Linux server to control 2 USR Sportster
> 33.6 voice modems in data mode to connect using ppp.
> 
> They are quite heavily used but only for short periods at a time
> which means 20 or 30 login/logouts per day.
> 
> All works well for 24/48 hours but then I get the "spawning too fast"
> error and it is as if one of the modems fails to reintialise properly
> because it no longer responds to a "RING" - can be either one.
> 
> I switch it off, then on again and do a 'telinit q" and all is well but
> I would really like to be able to find a permanent fix for the problem. 
> 
> I use &F1 and ATZ as initialisation strings
> 
> Anyone got any ideas ?
> 
> Below is a log from a session that didn't work.
> 
> Thanks, best wishes, Roy
> 
> 04/09 13:09:55 yC0 mgetty: official release 0.98
> 04/09 13:09:55 yC0 reading configuration data for port 'ttyC0'
> 04/09 13:09:55 yC0 conf lib: read: 'debug 5'

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