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    • ?
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      last edited by

      edit: Sorry just saw someone else already reported it shortly before me. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,41680.0.html

      Not sure if this is the right section.

      I run Pfsense 2.0 embedded version on an alix board.
      The system log is full with this messages, repeats every minute:

      Nov 14 16:18:12 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping 30 secs
      Nov 14 16:18:12 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping 30 secs
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59609]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59609]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59609]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59609]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59609]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59609]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59491]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59491]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59491]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59491]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59491]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59491]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59311]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59311]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59311]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59311]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59311]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59311]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59245]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59245]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59245]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59245]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59245]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[59245]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[33276]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[33276]: tcsetattr /dev/console: Operation not supported
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[33276]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[33276]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[33276]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'
      Nov 14 16:18:12 getty[33276]: getty: unknown gettytab entry 'Pc'

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        As I posted in the other thread, just replace the contents of that file with a known good copy like here:

        https://raw.github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/master/etc/gettytab

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