On Thursday 06 June 2019 07:39:02 am Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 06.06.19 07:14, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > # Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal) > > > # > > > #T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 > > > #T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100 > > > > Yes, I recall those days. But until now ttyS0 and S1 if it existed, > > were free for my to use. Now it seems to want to grab everything in > > sight. > > Er, Gene, does your /etc/inittab have either of those lines > uncommented to activate a getty on them? If so, just comment them > again. If not, did your upgrade land you in systemdix land, so the > traditional way is gone.
Yup, and so is /etc/inittab, it doesn't exist. > > This is MY machine, and it should be able to do what I want it to > > do. I finally did kill the one that was grabbing ttyS0. In fact it > > appears I killed them all, htop cannot find one running now, and > > neither can an lsof, Yet the machine seems to be running normally. > > > > > Cf. man inittab for details. See? Still gettys being started > > > here, for the Linux virtual consoles. And some examples on > > > how to do it for serial terminals. > > > > No man page for inittab seems to be installed. That seems to be a > > head scratcher right there. > > Nah, systemd replaces the traditional SysV init stuff, if you let it > be installed. Then you have to learn new ways. So its apparent. But I watched the D-Day stuff live, so I'm going to catch up on the sleep I missed from 4 to 7 this morning. Thanks Erik Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>