Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:1450 comp.sys.att:4339 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!cos!hqda-ai!icus!lenny From: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: /dev/syscon (on the UNIX PC) Message-ID: <510@icus.islp.ny.us> Date: 26 Sep 88 23:05:27 GMT References: <212@denwa.uucp> <2426@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Reply-To: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) Distribution: na Organization: ICUS Software Systems, Islip, New York Lines: 39 In article <2426@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> richard@uhccux.UUCP (Richard Foulk) writes: |>} A friend's 3B1 often boots up such that when he logs in he is on |>} /dev/syscon rather than on /dev/w1. Similarly, windy won't work. It |>} looks like the Window Manager is having problems, but the question is |>} why. I checked his /etc/rc and /etc/inittab and they are both |>} identical to mine. All the standard processes are listed with a ps, |>} but the wmgr appears to use a suspicously low amount of CPU. Any ideas? |> |>I've forgotten the details now, but SysV used to have a bug whereby |>it would misbehave if the syscon entry in the /dev directory occurred |>before the console entry. |> ... I don't think this is your problem. I've seen this on a couple of machines where for some reason (still unknown to me), /dev/syscon get's unlinked from the other two names. On my system... crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 0 Jan 1 1970 /dev/console ^ a total different device driver. crw-rw-rw- 3 root sys 7, 0 Jan 1 1970 /dev/syscon crw-rw-rw- 3 root sys 7, 0 Jan 1 1970 /dev/systty crw-rw-rw- 3 root sys 7, 0 Jan 1 1970 /dev/window ^ all linked together. So to make sure things are right, just do this: # ln /dev/window /dev/syscon # ln /dev/window /dev/systty This should solve your problems with the window manager... -Lenny -- Lenny Tropiano ICUS Software Systems [work] +1 (516) 582-5525 lenny@icus.islp.ny.us Telex: 154232428 ICUS [home] +1 (516) 968-8576 {talcott,boulder,hombre,pacbell,sbcs}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752