On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 10:34:15PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:25:51 +0900, Henry Nelson <netb@yuba.ne.jp> wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 12:44:15PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > > console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   off secure
> > > ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> > > tty00   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt220   on secure
> > > 
> > > /var/log/authlog now has
> > > 
> > > getty[200]: /dev/ttyE0: Device not configured
> > 
> > Why are you getting this?  In a previous message you said "(Hmm -- I also
> > see that I have wscons on in rc.conf."  Do you not have a kernel that
> > initiates a wscons screen, or is there some other problem?
> > 
> I have no idea, though I assume it has something to do with using a serial
> console.  Dmesg, at the end of the boot process, says
> 
> 	wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)

Is the device there?  (`ls -l /dev/ttyE0`, _I guess_, to find out.)

May I assume that with your original setting with console on and the
tty's off you didn't get the message?  I've had the following for many
years without trouble (similar to your previous, iirc):
console "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt220   on secure
ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   off secure
tty00   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure

So, I'm hesitant to change if I'm going to end up with a bunch of errors
that I don't understand.

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henry nelson
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