Possibly "/etc/ttys" has "console" marked "on" so 'init' starts 'getty' on it.
Then, 'xdm's 'Xsetup_0' script launches 'xconsole' and the two get into a fight. I always make sure "/etc/ttys" has "console" marked "off" and mark "ttyE0" on. so that doesn't happen. -- |/"\ John D. Baker, KN5UKS NetBSD Darwin/MacOS X |\ / jdbaker[snail]consolidated[flyspeck]net OpenBSD FreeBSD | X No HTML/proprietary data in email. BSD just sits there and works! |/ \ GPGkeyID: D703 4A7E 479F 63F8 D3F4 BD99 9572 8F23 E4AD 1645
