Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 10:56:33 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getty repeating too quickly port /dev/ttyv8 Message-ID: <44pr0h2y1q.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiksd28TZjVwS8bs8rzy4kHXhwyWmp1kT3m2zp64@mail.gmail.com> (n. dhert's message of "Thu, 27 May 2010 15:59:22 %2B0200") References: <AANLkTiksd28TZjVwS8bs8rzy4kHXhwyWmp1kT3m2zp64@mail.gmail.com>
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n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> writes: > I upgraded a FreebSD 7.2 to 8.0. That system had KDE and KDM as window > manager. > Now, after rebooting I get two messages on the console > init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs. > > I can login at the console in text mode (Ctrl-Alt-F1, F2, ... F8), > Ctrl-Alt-F9 does not do anything but giving that getty repeating ... error > My /etc/ttys has: > ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodeamon" xterm on secure > Of course I can comment it out, then the errors don't pop up, but that not > what I want > > How can I solve this? Look at the log messages from kdm (and X itself). You're looking for reasons why they (one of them, at least) exit quickly.
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