From: Craig T Manske (albion@csd4.csd.uwm.edu)
Date: 06/29/93 

From: albion@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Craig T Manske)
Subject: Help with pl10, getty_ps, and poeigl getty.
Date: 30 Jun 1993 00:46:56 GMT

I am having a problem getting linux pl10 working on my machine. .
When I try to boot the pl10 image, it gets through rc, rc.local, and rc.net
but after that it hangs. So I tried to spawn tcsh on tty5, this worked.
After hitting alt-f5 I am in pl10, but when I do a 'ps x' I notice that
something is running getty and init over and over. Within about a minute
my process list is up to process 1000.

  PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
    1 ? S 0:05 init
   32 5 S 0:00 -/bin/sh
  467 ? R 0:00 /etc/getty tty1 VC
  468 ? R 0:00 init
   30 ? S 0:00 syslogd
   27 ? S 0:00 /etc/inetd
  463 ? R 0:00 /etc/getty tty2 VC
  464 ? R 0:00 /etc/getty tty3 VC
  466 5 R 0:00 ps x
  PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
    1 ? S 0:05 init
   32 5 S 0:00 -/bin/sh
  491 ? R 0:00 /etc/getty tty1 VC
  492 ? R 0:00 /etc/getty tty4 VC
   30 ? S 0:00 syslogd
   27 ? S 0:00 /etc/inetd
  489 ? R 0:00 /etc/getty tty2 VC
  493 5 R 0:00 ps x
  PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
    1 ? S 0:05 init
   32 5 S 0:00 -/bin/sh
  508 ? R 0:00 init
  509 ? R 0:00 init
   30 ? S 0:00 syslogd
   27 ? S 0:00 /etc/inetd
  507 ? R 0:00 init
  506 ? R 0:00 /etc/getty tty3 VC
  510 5 R 0:00 ps x
  PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
    1 ? S 0:05 init
   32 5 S 0:00 -/bin/sh
  531 ? R 0:00 init
  530 ? R 0:00 init
   30 ? S 0:00 syslogd
   27 ? S 0:00 /etc/inetd
  532 ? R 0:00 init
  529 5 R 0:00 ps x
  PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
    1 ? S 0:06 init
   32 5 S 0:00 -/bin/sh
  554 ? R 0:00 init
  553 ? R 0:00 init
   30 ? S 0:00 syslogd
   27 ? S 0:00 /etc/inetd
  552 ? R 0:00 init
  550 5 R 0:00 ps x
  PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
    1 ? R 0:06 init
   32 5 S 0:00 -/bin/sh
  576 ? R 0:00 init
  571 ? Z 0:00 (getty) <zombie>
   30 ? S 0:00 syslogd
   27 ? S 0:00 /etc/inetd
  577 ? R 0:00 init
  575 5 R 0:00 ps x

As you can see, something is running init and getty over and over.

I am using:
    linux 0.99pl10
    gcc 2.4.0
    libc.so.4.4 (Only the lib. I am not using the includes and the
                 such for 4.4)
    getty_ps 2.0.7b
    poeigl 1.17 (Using everything but getty)

I thought it may have something to do with the mixture of getty_ps
and poeigl, but I removed getty_ps and used poeigl getty. Same thing.
I have a friend here in town that has the same setup, but his works.
Does anyone have a clue as to what's wrong with my pl10.

Albion
albion@csd4.csd.uwm.edu