running mgetty FATAL: error

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Please could anyone point me in the right direction to solve the
following error messages:

I am running Linux and mgetty+sendfax -1.0.0

I have one ZoomV.34XE modem on COM2 to enable for dialin access.

added in inittab

S1:2345:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -r1 /dev/ttyS1

the errors output to screen are:

mgetty FATAL: r mod: cannot open line /dev/1
mgetty FATAL: r cannot get terminal line dev=1, exiting
mgetty FATAL: r open device /dev/1 failed

mgetty FATAL: r cannot ger terminal line dev=1, exiting
INIT: Id "S1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.

Your advise would be very welcome.
Thanks
Matt mattq@techies.co.uk

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