Re: error on TTY read: no such file or directory

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>]

On Sep 28,  4:35pm, lordzork@lordzork.com wrote:
} 
} the error only happens if i login from a tty.
} 
} one clarification: this *is* happening to every user, not just root.
} 
} one other oddity is that command keys in less don't work properly. for
} instance, pressing the down arrow prints '^[[B` instead of scrolling
} down; pg down prints '^[[6~'.

Aha.  This suggests that you may have the wrong kind of getty running
on those ttys.  For example, you may have mgetty or another flavor of
modem-oriented getty which is expecting a locking protocol to be used.
Check /etc/inittab or wherever it is that your gettys are configured.

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