getty repeating too quickly port /dev/ttyv8

[Lowell Gilbert]

n dhert <ndhertbsd at 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.