From: gauthier@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul Gauthier) Subject: /proc, ptys and su on /dev/ttyS0 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 00:16:25 GMT
Ok, I got the most recent SLS installed (got it from sunsite, only days ago).
Here are the three problems I'm having:
a] /proc won't mount even tho it's in fstab. If I log in as root and do a
"/bin/mount -av -t nonfs" it mounts fine, but this line appears in /etc/rc
and does nothing! Why? I've moved it around, put echo's before and after
it to verify it's being executed. No output generated by it, /proc
not mounted. Line line in fstab is:
/proc /proc proc defaults
b] When I'm running X and I open too many xterms the beast locks up tight.
Am I running out of pty's? There are dozens in /dev, but only the first
four of them have modification times other than the far past. Ideas?
c] I've added a line to inittab for ttyS0 so I can hang a terminal off of
it. I put /bin/getty 9600 ttyS0, and I get a prompt, etc, on the
terminal. I can log in, but it hangs partway through the login
procedure. Just after displaying "No Mail." it goes into never never
land. It doesn't get as far as /etc/profile or .bashrc. I can
control-c to a $ prompt. Experimentation there has shown su will
also cause a similar lock up which can be control-c'd out of. Ideas?
Thanks for the help in advance,
PG
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