More info: tty locking up on 3000/800

From: G. Del Merritt <del_at_omega.IntraNet.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 11:06:09 -0500

>I use uucp via the serial port on my mail gateway (a 3000/800 running DEC
>OSF/1 V3.0 (Rev. 347)) to to get Internet email to and from my internal
>network.
>
>Ever so often, the tty port (the one with the DB25 connector, not the RJ
>connector) will lock up and not allow me or my internal uucp host to log in to
>transfer files. In the past, I've cleared this up by rebooting (restarting
>the uugetty didn't seem to help). This time, however, it's March 1996, and I
>haven't installed the clock patch :-( I'd like to avoid the traditional
>reboot. Anyone have hints on what I should try (short of reboot) in order
>re-enable my tty port?

It looks like the uugetty processes aren't running. I have tried to get them
to kick off again with a:
        # kill -HUP 1

but that didn't help. When I run the uugety command for ttyd0 "by hand"

> u0:23:respawn:/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty -t 30 ttyd0 M9600 #UUCP
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Then I do get a "login:" prompt, but the terminal remains half pointed to the
shell from which I ran uugetty, and half pointed to ttyd0. What do I do to
tell init to re-read the inittab and to start processes, or what's the correct
way to invoke this command "by hand"?

Looking forward to a response; my uucp queues are filling up...

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Del Merritt                                                  del_at_IntraNet.com
IntraNet, Inc., One Gateway Center #700, Newton, MA  02158
Voice: 617-527-7020; FAX: 617-527-6779                Just say no to Clipper.
Received on Fri Mar 22 1996 - 18:11:51 NZST

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