Re: Package Configures inittab -- SOLVED

2002-05-29 Thread tom r
Thanks for your help. By following the init path I discovered that the pcmcia process was modifying /etc/inittab. The file /etc/pcmcia/serial.opts contains a flag that tells /etc/pcmcia/serial to add a getty entry to inittab. Once I turned off that flag, everything ran smooth. Thanks again.

Re: Package Configures inittab

2002-05-28 Thread tom r
Jerome, Thanks for the suggestion, and I've searched that file extensively. Still no clue. But I should be able to track this down during the init process. Everytime I reboot a line gets added to inittab. How can I track this down? Thanks. Tom On Tuesday 28 May 2002 16:14, Jerome Acks Jr

Re: Package Configures inittab

2002-05-28 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 03:00:46PM -0600, tom r wrote: > Eric, > > Thanks for the response. I ran `dpkg-reconfigure sysvinit' but it did not > bring up the screen to request an addition to inittab, so I don't think > sysvinit is the one. Besides, when I installed debian on a previous laptop,

Re: Package Configures inittab

2002-05-28 Thread tom r
Eric, Thanks for the response. I ran `dpkg-reconfigure sysvinit' but it did not bring up the screen to request an addition to inittab, so I don't think sysvinit is the one. Besides, when I installed debian on a previous laptop, the question never appeared and I'm sure sysvinit is common to bo