On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 12:56:14PM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> > But ttyE0 is the video console! tty0[01] are the serial ports!
> 
> Erm.
> 
> Neat.
> 
> So it's because I had a monitor/keyboard plugged in and unplugged the
> monitor after booting?

That might well do it too. Though it'd be the lack of keyboard rather than
monitor which was the problem.

> This machine routinely has no serial terminal and no monitor
> connected, as it is locked up and security-system protected along with
> a couple of machines owned by the CS department of Swarthmore College.
> I only ever connect to it via ssh.

Hmmm. That could well cause problems. I'd say either run it witha serial
console off of one of the other protected machines, or leave it a
keyboard. :-)

Take care,

Bill