trouble getting x11 xdm to work

[Lowell Gilbert]

Fbsd1 <fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com> writes:

> Mel wrote:
>> On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>> Still getting error msg
>>>>> init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second
>>
>>
>> You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while
>> getty is hammering at it.
>>
> I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line.

Since you're still getting that error message, you obviously didn't
succeed at turning off the getty.  If you're not getting that message
any more, what symptoms *do* you see?

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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