On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Johan Booysen <johan AT matrix-data.co DOT 
uk> wrote:
> changer: got exit: 0 str: /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual: line 85: /dev/tty:
> No such device or address
> slot /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual:: tape_rdlabel: tape open: line 85:
> /dev/tty: No such device or address: No such file or directory

This explains why you're not getting messages from the changer, then!
The errors may also explain any unexpected behavior you're seeing.
Any idea why /dev/tty wouldn't exist?  IIRC this is a RHEL box, and I
have /dev/tty on my RHEL3 build box..

You could try hacking chg-manual a little bit to send its messages to
e.g., /var/log/chg-manual.log, and then just "tail" that to see what
it's up to.

Dustin

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