On Jan 20, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Mehul Sanghvi wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:45:40 -0800, Greg Earle 
> <earle@isolar.dyndns.org> wrote:
>> Your problem isn't the syslog messages as much as it's why is
>> it that getty is respawning constantly on the console.
>>
>> When it boots up, does it go straight into X11 (via "xdm") or
>> do you have to log in to the console first and then run "startx"
>> (or similar) to fire up X11?
>
> It gets started via XDM.

Then disable the console login in "/etc/ttys" (change the
"on" to "off"), SIGHUP "init" ("kill -s HUP 1") and see
if that makes the (x)console messages shut up.

	- Greg