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 I think I got it: 
upon egrepping /etc for respawn, there was the 
/etc/pcmcia/serial script which reads: 
echo "S$NR:12345:respawn:$INITTAB $DEVICE" >> 
/etc/inittab 
telinit q 
I commented out the "telinit q" line, (because that 
used to cause the same trouble that occured every 5 minutes anyway,) and voila! 
No more annoying output every 5 minutes. I don't think it fixed any problems 
(which seemed harmless anyway), but at least what I don't know won't annoy me 
any more. The problem is definitely PCMCIA based. 
-Pete 
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