Re: zsh on console

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>]

On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 02:44:33PM +0200, Kjeld Borch Egevang wrote:

> When I run zsh on the console (serial interface) the process hangs. I can 
> login with /bin/bash, but when I start /bin/zsh it waits forever. I can 
> interrupt the process and regain control.
> 
> It's only related to the console. If I login with telnet it works just 
> fine.
> 
> Any idea, what could be wrong?

I recently fixed a simliar bug in the sb1250_duart.c driver.  Basically
a hangup of the tty did result in the close routine getting called thus
the driver's usage counter for ttyS0 eventually dropping to zero though
it was still open ...

  Ralf