By different virtual terminal it means terminal 7 (Alt+F7). It has nothing to do with xterms. Sounds like X doesn't like your hardware or your config.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 10:57:27AM -0800, Tim Boring scribbled... > Hello! I've successfully installed Debian 2.2r2 but > am now trying to configure the X server. When I run > xf86Setup, it attempts to start the GUI configuration, > but then just stops at a gray screen. If I > cntrl>alt>backspace then I get the message: > > "Program is running on a different virtual terminal > Please switch to the correct virtual terminal...." > > What does this mean? I checked the env. and the TERM > variable is set to "Linux". Shouldn't this be "xterm" > or something similar? I tried unsetting/resetting to > "xterm," but this didn't help either. > > My video card is a SIS 6326, which wasn't recognized > during install...but I've had other distros (SuSE, > Slackware) on this same box and they didn't have any > problems with the card. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Tim > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
