> hmmm there should not be a getty running on ttyv9. Have you changed 
> anything in /etc/ttys ?
> I assume that xdm is actually starting correctly ?

There wasn't a getty running on ttyv9 - that's what was so unusual about the
error.  I had set up xdm to run on ttyv9, not getty.
I will go stick it in etc/rc.local now :)

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