> After many test compiles with all 2.6.x kernels I have come up with an > issue dealing with xfree86 4.2.1-13. When the system was done booting > and ran gdm I only could use one X display and had no access to any tty > terminal windows. I then tried to boot into text first and found out > that I could use any tty to log in to the box. Now when I use startx > it does not start in the correct tty but in tty1 and then have no access > to any other tty. > > I gather it has to deal with fbdev in x but do not have any other idea > to what my cause this.
Nope, that's perhaps because your version of xserver-xfree86 is outdated. 4.3.0pre or 4.3.99 might work. Michael