respawning too rapidly

[rcbatlinux]

Hi,

Had to reconfigure all of my ports and now this message (respawning too rapidly) is flashing accross the console and filling up my errlog file. I'm getting this on active tty ports and ports not being used. I can remove the ports not being used but why would this be scrolling like crazy on ports in use?

Rick

 

[slgordon]

Make sure your port speed and flow control are accurate for the type of device you have plugged into the tty.
Says the Manager to the person that invented the modem: "Tell me again why you need two prototypes?!?"

 

[aixqueen]

Respawning Too Rapidly Errors

The system records the number of getty processes spawned for a particular tty in a
short time period. If the number of getty processes spawned in this time frame
exceeds five,then the Respawning Too Rapidly error is displayed on the console
and the port is disabled by the system.

The tty stays disabled for about 19 minutes or until the system administrator
enables the port again. At the end of the 19 minutes, the system will
automatically enable the port, resulting in the spawning of a new getty
process.
Possible Causes:

tty configuration is corrupted
Hardware is defective
Incorrect modem configuration
A port is defined and enabled but no cable or device is attached to it
Bad cabling or loose connection
Noise on communication line
Corruption of, or tampering with, /etc/environment or /etc/inittab files
Wrong speed of port vs ODM,

http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixbman/commadmn/tty_trouble.htm

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com...mode=9&documents=290605210414772&database=aix