mgetty doesn't respawn

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Hi, 
I have a peculiar problem:
I downloaded mgetty 1.1.21 and compiled it on a Linux Slackware-7.0 box,
generic install. Then I added a line to /etc/inittab:

d3:12345:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -x 3 -s 115200 /dev/ttyS3

and ran /sbin/init q

But mgetty never loads. And nothing is written to the logfile.
Even after rebooting it doesn't load.

The modem on /dev/ttyS3 works fine, I can even enter:

/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -x 3 -s 115200 /dev/ttyS3

on the command line and get the modem to answer (this time with an
appropriate entry in the log file). But it never even starts when 
started from /etc/inittab

Has anyone else come across this problem before? I use mgetty as a 
modem pool server and it works fine in this configuration on other 
Slackware 7.0 boxes, I can't figure out what I am missing here.
What could prevent mgetty from respawning when called from inittab?
Other entries in inittab are not ignored.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks, -Borries