init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs

[Anton Shterenlikht]

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

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