Couldnt open /dev/vc/1 on sunfire v240

b4nsh33 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 85

Hi People, after a succesfully instalation on a v240, i receive these messages on the boot:

* Mounting local filesystems... [ ok ]
* Mounting USB device filesystem (usbfs)... [ ok ]
* Activating (possibly) more swap... [ ok ]
* Caching service dependencies... * Setting system clock to hardware clock [UTC]... [ ok ]
* Configuring kernel parameters... [ ok ]
* Updating environment... [ ok ]
* Cleaning /var/lock, /var/run... [ ok ]
* Cleaning /tmp directory... [ ok ]
* Setting user font...Couldnt open /dev/vc/1
Couldnt open /dev/vc/2
Couldnt open /dev/vc/3
Couldnt open /dev/vc/4
Couldnt open /dev/vc/5
Couldnt open /dev/vc/6
Couldnt open /dev/vc/7
Couldnt open /dev/vc/8
Couldnt open /dev/vc/9
Couldnt open /dev/vc/10
Couldnt open /dev/vc/11
* Failed to set user font
[ !! ]

* Loading key mappings...Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
* Error loading key mappings
[ !! ]

And after login these errors:

INIT: Id "c1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

I compiled the vanilla-sources and not the sparc-sources, maybe a forgot some important module?
thanks

gust4voz · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject:

Nah, no biggie, basically you need to modify /etc/inittab for headless machines.
Comment out the c1-c6 entries (or replace "respawn" with "off") and add/enable/uncomment (i think it was added on a recent baselayout, not sure though) for ttyS0, kinda like:
s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 linux
Replace 9600 with the appropiate baud rate you have for the OBP console too, you usually don't want different ones.
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Gustavo Zacarias
Gentoo/SPARC monkey

b4nsh33 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 85

thanks guzt4voz but i did coment the c1-c6 lines in inittab and that only stop the "respawning too fast" messages ,i still see

* Setting user font...Couldnt open /dev/vc/1
Couldnt open /dev/vc/2
Couldnt open /dev/vc/3
Couldnt open /dev/vc/4
Couldnt open /dev/vc/5
Couldnt open /dev/vc/6
Couldnt open /dev/vc/7
Couldnt open /dev/vc/8
Couldnt open /dev/vc/9
Couldnt open /dev/vc/10
Couldnt open /dev/vc/11
* Failed to set user font
[ !! ]

* Loading key mappings...Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
* Error loading key mappings
[ !! ]

on boot,
bye

b4nsh33 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 85

I found this thread covering this same issue,
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=264019&highlight=error+loading+key+mappings

the messages are gone now after the rc-update commands, i guess i should do my homework before ask the forum,
thanks