mingetty cannot control ttyX

Hi Lost in space and meaning... I upgraded SuSE 6.4 to SuSE 7.0 (i386) and the result is I can't access the machine from the console, neither does mgetties answer modem calls. Running mingetty from the command line: mingetty tty1 returns a log entry in /var/log/messages: mingetty[jobno]: /dev/tty1: cannot get controlling tty: Operation not permited Right, vdir /dev/tty1 gives: crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 1 That should be correct, right? What should I check next? Any pointers appreciated. --Jyry "Epäonnistumisen riski on suuri, kun kyvytön neuvoo halutonta tekemään tarpeetonta."