2.0.32-pre5: bad magic number for tty struct (04:41) in release_dev

Samuli K{rkk{inen (hskarkka@cc.hut.fi)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 16:07:19 +0200 (EET)


Today I got the following error messages in syslog

Dec 10 08:54:03 nauris mgetty[30389]: failed A_FAIL dev=ttyS1, pid=30389, caller=, conn='', name=''
Dec 10 08:54:50 nauris mgetty[17304]: failed dev=ttyS1, pid=17304, got signal 1, exiting
Dec 10 09:05:55 nauris mgetty[17306]: failed dev=ttyS1, pid=17306, login time out
Dec 10 15:26:37 nauris sendfax[24367]: success, phone="466723", dev=ttyS1, time=95s, pages=2(+0), bytes=41774, acct=""
Dec 10 15:27:49 nauris sendfax[24437]: failed dialing, phone="4522504", +FHS:04, dev=ttyS1, time=71s, acct=""
Dec 10 15:31:08 nauris sendfax[24555]: failed dialing, phone="4522504", +FHS:04, dev=ttyS1, time=66s, acct=""
Dec 10 15:32:30 nauris mgetty[24615]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:32:30 nauris mgetty[24615]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24615
Dec 10 15:33:47 nauris mgetty[24633]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:33:47 nauris mgetty[24633]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24633
Dec 10 15:35:03 nauris mgetty[24655]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:35:03 nauris mgetty[24655]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24655
Dec 10 15:35:34 nauris kernel: Warning: bad magic number for tty struct (04:41) in release_dev
Dec 10 15:37:34 nauris sendfax[24689]: mdm_read_byte: read returned -1: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:37:34 nauris sendfax[24689]: mdm_get_line: cannot read byte, return: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:37:34 nauris sendfax[24689]: modem doesn't talk to me: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:37:34 nauris kernel: rs_close: bad serial port count; tty->count is 1, info->count is 2
Dec 10 15:38:56 nauris mgetty[24772]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:38:56 nauris mgetty[24772]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24772
Dec 10 15:40:12 nauris mgetty[24798]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:40:12 nauris mgetty[24798]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24798
Dec 10 15:41:28 nauris mgetty[24840]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:41:28 nauris mgetty[24840]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24840
Dec 10 15:42:45 nauris mgetty[24853]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:42:45 nauris mgetty[24853]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24853
Dec 10 15:44:01 nauris mgetty[24896]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:44:01 nauris mgetty[24896]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24896
Dec 10 15:45:17 nauris mgetty[24909]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:45:17 nauris mgetty[24909]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24909
Dec 10 15:46:34 nauris mgetty[24959]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:46:34 nauris mgetty[24959]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24959
Dec 10 15:47:51 nauris mgetty[24992]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:47:51 nauris mgetty[24992]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=24992
Dec 10 15:49:07 nauris mgetty[25004]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:49:07 nauris mgetty[25004]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=25004
Dec 10 15:50:23 nauris mgetty[25018]: init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:50:23 nauris mgetty[25018]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS1, pid=25018
Dec 10 15:50:53 nauris init: Id "S1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
Dec 10 15:52:31 nauris sshd[25072]: log: Connection from 194.100.26.178 port 1577
Dec 10 15:52:33 nauris sshd[25072]: log: Password authentication for root accepted.
Dec 10 15:52:34 nauris sshd[25072]: log: Could not reverse map address 194.100.26.178.
Dec 10 15:57:01 nauris sendfax[25136]: mdm_read_byte: read returned -1: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:57:01 nauris sendfax[25136]: mdm_get_line: cannot read byte, return: Interrupted system call
Dec 10 15:57:01 nauris sendfax[25136]: modem doesn't talk to me: Interrupted system call

The messages from "kernel" being the ones to make me wonder if this is
something worry about. The kernel is 2.0.32-5. The uptime is 22 days,
without any prior problems. The most likely trigger for these messages is
that the modem that sedfax is trying to use is turned off at the moment
(when the modem is on, sendfax works fine).

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Samuli Kärkkäinen <sak@iki.fi> - http://www.iki.fi/~sak - PGP 512/3FDD5441