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SubjectRe: /dev/console should it always be available?
Hi Ted.

> As far as mingetty respawning to fast, that's almost
> certainly because you have an entry in /etc/iniitab which
> for /dev/tty[123456] which isn't going to exist if you
> don't have a video card installed. Edit /etc/inittab to
> fix that problem.

Another reason I've met for mingetty respawning too fast is where
one is using both X and consoles on a box with an EGA card in it
(which I had to do not that long ago). If one closes the console
whilst X is still running, mingetty will generate this problem.

Since mgetty in the same situation does NOT generate the problem,
I have to assume that such is a bug in mingetty rather than any
kernel or X problem. Certainly, I solved it for that box by just
changing mingetty for mgetty.

Best wishes from Riley.


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