inittab doesn't work to start/respawn vgetty

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Sorry, this probably isn't really a hardware issue (except it affects modem useage) but I can't see a better place to post it - suggestions welcome.

With this line

S1:345:respawn:/usr/sbin/vgetty ttyS1

in /etc/inittab, (and after #init q),

#ps waux | grep [v]getty produces no output which I take to mean that vgetty is not running even tho it seems like it should be. (I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to try removing hal and what would break if I did - or what else to try/where to look.)

Any help appreciated, thanks in advance.

Debian etch

#uname -a
Linux omega 2.6.17-2-vserver-k7 #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 19:32:15 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

vgetty version:
12/09 20:01:07 yS1 vgetty: experimental test release 0.9.32 / with duplex patch
12/09 20:01:07 yS1 mgetty: interim release 1.1.35-Feb22

hald version 0.5.8.1-4

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Re: inittab doesn't work to start/respawn vgetty

Submitted by psycho sparky on Sun, 2008-07-13 09:44.

Try
S1:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/vgetty ttyS1

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