mgetty respawning too fast...

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Without the logs it's hard to say. However, try checking your "mgetty.config"
file. Chances are the problem could be as simple as a minor typo in one of your
"init-chat" strings. A bogus modem command sent by chat would cause such an error
message.

Regards,

John Ross

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> >
> > I'm using a cyclades board with 16 dialup lines.. I keep getting these
> > errors posted to console.. it's driving me nuts :-( any ideas?
> >
> > these are some of the lines from inittab
> >
> > d0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 38400 -D /dev/ttyC0
> > d1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 38400 -D /dev/ttyC1
> > d2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 38400 -D /dev/ttyC2
> > d3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 38400 -D /dev/ttyC3
> > d4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -s 38400 -D /dev/ttyC4
> >
> > if this is *wrong* please set me straight
>
> Basically, this looks ok.
>
> > the error in syslog says this in lots of places..
> >
> > Jul 23 16:43:09 castle mgetty[670]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyC10,
> > pid=670
>
> Look into the mgetty log file, *why* it is failing.  It could fail because
> of driver problems (make sure that you get the LATEST Cyclades driver, AND
> that you compile it with gcc-2.7.2.3, do NOT use egcs or gcc 2.8.x), or
> just because it sends some command that the modem doesn't like.
>
> > I'm wondering if it was a compile error... I'm confused
>
> Show the logs.
>
> gert
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