vgetty 1.1.9 and BSDI 3.0

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Louis Lee <louis@aedon.com> wrote:
> I am running BSDI 3.0, and am trying to get 1.1.9 mgett/vgetty to

This is terribly old. Can you install 1.1.21 instead ?

> everytime I launch it either from command prompt or attempt to call in

vgetty should be run from inittab.  vm can be run from command line.

> /usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/voice.conf
> 08/10 03:03:58 y00  check for lockfiles
> 08/10 03:03:58 y00  locking the line
> 08/10 03:03:58 y00  cannot create tempfile ((null)): Bad address

Are you sure the lock directory (strings vgetty | grep / | grep lock)
exists ?