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From: D. Jay Newman <dn5@psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Net-BSD console refuses new logins -- help, please.
Date: 31 Oct 1993 19:16:24 GMT
Organization: Penn State
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I am using Net-BSD 0.9-current (well, as much as I can).

It has been running well for a couple of weeks, until Friday, when I
recompiled sh, and then rebooted the system.  This was to try to clear
up a groff problem (more about that in another note).

When the system comes up, I can login to the console once, but when
I log out, the system refuses more input.  I can still login from
telnet without problem.

I tried to fix this today by using the original sh that comes with
Net-BSD 0.9 (taking it from the base09 distribution from sun-lamp).
This didn't help anything.

When I reboot I get a new error message (at least I don't think I have
ever seen this before).  I don't know what is producing the message.

It comes up after the line "Starting local daemons:." and the date.
Qabalah is the name of my machine and its kernel.

The message is:
Oct 31 13:34:46 qabalah init: insert 89: Bad File descriptor

Any help will be appreciated.  Also, if anybody can point me to the way
of the mailing list for Net-BSD 0.9-current users, it might help.

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