From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 27 14:11:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB630106564A for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9563C8FC16 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PXDnH-0006Jo-2N for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:23 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PXDnG-0007Uu-UF for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:22 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oBREBMMu002166 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:22 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oBREBMKp002165 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:22 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:22 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101227141122.GA1741@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:24 -0000 On 9.0-CURRENT r216732 ia64 I get this message: % grep getty /var/log/messages | tail Dec 27 13:26:57 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:27:27 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:27:57 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:45:22 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:45:53 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:46:23 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:52:55 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:53:25 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:57:56 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Dec 27 13:58:26 mech-cluster241 init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs % % grep ttyv8 /etc/ttys ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm" xterm on secure % cat /var/log/xdm.log % And no other indication of anything going wrong. I've seen quite a few similar reports on the net, but no conclusive answer. What exactly does the above message mean? Should I be worried? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423