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.