init fails, WHY?

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Hi,

Rainer.Blaes wrote:
> in order to set up a dial-in modem on a Sun IPC (Port A) we are using the 
> 'mgetty' program from the 'mgetty+sendfax' package.
> 
> We have installed SunOS 4.1.3 plus the 'tty jumbo' Patch on the Sun and 
> our /etc/ttytab file looks like this:
[..]

Sounds OK.

> Unfortunately we are registering regulary on the console the message:
> 
> hostname init: '/usr/etc/mgetty -x 3 -s 38400 ttya ttya' failing, sleeping
> 
> 
> Is there any way to avoid, clear these messages?

What does the mgetty log file say?

gert

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