On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Johan Carlsson wrote:

> Firing up ppp in /etc/ttys, however, *doesn't work*. I'm getting a weird
> message:
> 
> Jun 17 22:23:25 heimdall init: getty repeating too quickly on port
> /dev/tty00
> 
> which is repeated in bursts every few minutes. Can someone explain what's
> going on? TIA.

You're not setting pppd up to sit around and wait for a connection. It
tries to connect, fails, and exits. So init tries again. and again. and
again....

> P.S. The relevant part of my /etc/ttys looks like:
> 
> # Hardwired lines are marked off, by default, so getty(8)
> # is quiet when they don't exist.
> tty00   "/usr/sbin/pppd tty00 9600 silent local lock :spock" unknown on
> secure

Try adding passive?

Take care,

Bill