[BusyBox] Bummer, can't write to log on /dev/tty5

Bruce Edge bedge at troikanetworks.com
Fri Jun 13 16:49:14 UTC 2003



> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Smith [mailto:gsmith at amltd.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:08 AM
> To: busybox at busybox.net
> Subject: RE: [BusyBox] Bummer, can't write to log on /dev/tty5
> 
> 
> The init process tries to open a logging console.  This is 
> defined as VC_5
> in init.c  Do you have a tty5 in your /dev directory?  If so, then you
> normally wouldn't see this message.  You could comment this 
> code out of
> init.c or change it.  I have modified mine to log to VC_9 
> since I'm using
> console 5.
> 
> George Smith
> American Microsystems, Ltd.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Bodnar [mailto:jason at shakabuku.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:20 AM
> To: busybox at busybox.net
> Subject: [BusyBox] Bummer, can't write to log on /dev/tty5
> 
> 
> When I start my busybox-based system I get the following 
> message on the
> console:
> 
> "Bummer, can't write to log on /dev/tty5" (that might be 
> ttyS, resolution on
> my TV is terrible)
> 
> Everything works fine so I'm sure this is harmless, but I like to keep
> things
> clean. What am I missing that is causing this message? Or is 
> there some way
> to
> disable the logging it's trying to do? I wrote my own 
> /etc/inittab thinking
> the default one may be causing the message but that didn't help.
> 
> --
> Jason Bodnar
> jason at shakabuku.org
> http://www.shakabuku.org
> 
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