Unix question. /dev/xvc0: No such file or directory

Factual Questions
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I have an Amazon cloud RedHat installation. My secure log (/var/log/secure) keeps filling up with: “agetty[12904]: /dev/xvc0: No such file or directory” and my /varlog/message log with: “init: Id “co” respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes”

My /var/inittab has the following lines:
# Run gettys in standard runlevels
co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty xvc0 9600 vt100-nav
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
#2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
#3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
#4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
#5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
#6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

  • do I want to comment out the line co:2345 … ? Or will that make the machine unreachable, since all the other gettys have been commented out as well?
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Google recommends that you comment out the agetty line, but uncomment all the mingetty lines. Seems to be an issue with the Xen kernel and virtualization.