> On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Peter wrote:
> Hi, >
> I am trying to get the program vbox running. I installed it and set it
> up
> following all the instructions. One them is to put the following in
> /etc/services
> 20012 vboxd/tcp
> 20012 vboxd/udp
> When I checked that file that entry was there already.
> the other instruction is to put into /etc/inittab:
> I6:2345:respawn:/usr/local/vbox/sbin/vboxgetty -d /dev/ttyI6
> I7:2345:respawn:/usr/local/vbox/sbin/vboxgetty -d /dev/ttyI7 >
> Then when I boot I get the following message: >
> Id "I6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> which keeps on coming back.
> Now if I try to invoke vbox I get the following message:
> Connecting to 'localhost:20012'...
> vbox: can't connect to 'localhost:20012'
> which I assume is on account of too fast respawning whatever that
> means.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> That is pretty obvious. You told init to respawn it every time it
> terminates, but it is failing and thus terminating immediately, and
> init is trying gently to rub your nose in the mess. Maybe there is no
> /usr/local/vbox/sbin/vboxgetty,
there is
> maybe it is not executable,
it is
> maybe there is no device special file /dev/ttyI6,
there is
>maybe kernel support is missing for Network Block Device,
how will I know that? I have RH6.2 kernel 2.2.14-5. The instructions of vbox
do not mention the need specifically.
>or maybe it is a module and needs to be loaded,
The instructions say: vboxgetty is the heart of vbox. It watches the phone
line, receives incoming calls, plays answering text and writes the meassages.
vboxd is the daemon to manipulate and load messages over the network.
I do not have a network and run on id:2:initdefault: .
>or maybe vboxgetty is writing messages in the system log trying to tell you
why it is >failing.
the message in /var/log/messages just repeats: Id "I6" respawning too fast:
disabled for 5 minutes
> Thanks & Regards
> --
> Peter
> Lawson
--
Peter
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