SUMMARY: Invalid argument: TIOCGPGRP and TIOCSPGRP

From: Mark S. Anderson (anderson@neon.mitre.org)
Date: Thu Aug 24 1995 - 08:39:53 CDT


Synopsis of original question:

> At boot time, these messages appear:
>
> intr: TIOCGPGRP: Invalid argument
> intr: TIOCSPGRP: Invalid argument
>
> I know that intr(8) is trying to manipulate the process group ID of the
> terminal. Can anybody tell me why intr(8) is calling ioctl(2) with an
> invalid argument, and how I can fix this?
 
The full text of the original question appears below.

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The answer is:

"No." No one responded to my question.

Mark Anderson
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Original Question:
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Dear Sun-managers;

System: Sun 4/370, SunOS 4.1.1

Lately, when I reboot this system, the following messages appear during
the boot process:

   intr -a mount -vat nfs
   starting additional services:
   intr: TIOCGPGRP: Invalid argument
   intr: TIOCSPGRP: Invalid argument
    biod

The error messages are obviously coming from the line:

   intr -a mount -vat nfs

in /etc/rc.local .

This is what I have learned from the manpages:

"Invalid argument" is the meaning of the EINVAL error. Intro(2)
explains: "A system call was made with an invalid argument." The
termio(4) manpage says TIOCGPGRP and TIOCSPGRP are arguments to the
ioctl() system call, and "explains":

   TIOCGPGRP and TIOCSPGRP are pointers to an int.

   TIOCGPGRP means: "set the value of that int to the process group ID
   of the distinguished process group associated with the terminal". (I
   think it means to "get process group" from the termio structure
   associated with the terminal.)

   TIOCSPGRP means: "associate the process group whose ID is specified
   by the value of that int with the terminal." (I think it means "set
   process group.")

So now I know that intr(8) is trying to manipulate the process group ID
of the terminal. What I don't know is what is wrong. Can anybody tell
me why intr(8) is calling ioctl(2) with an invalid argument, and how I
can fix this?

Your help is, as always, appreciated. (I will summarize.)



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