On 16 Aug 2001 16:28:55 -0400, Christopher Mosley wrote: > > > On 15 Aug 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > On 15 Aug 2001 02:14:07 -0400, Christopher Mosley wrote: > > > On 15 Aug 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > > On 14 Aug 2001 23:48:38 -0400, Christopher Mosley wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > xwindows is crashing,it just occured. I am getting message > > > > > something like xf86OpenConsole: no such file /dev/tty4 > > > > > Is it possible the graphics mode on my fairly old card > > > > > died - leaving text mode intact. Cannot run Xf86Setup > > > > > either. > > > > > > > > Did you upgrade to 2.4 kernels with devfs? Perhaps your /etc/inittab > > > > file shows something about your virtual terminals that may be usefull. > > > No, i'm using an older kernel. Is kernel 2.4 compatible with potato > > > debian 2.2 cd set? > > Can you send in your /etc/inittab file to check for possible problems? > > > > --mike > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > # /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration. > # $Id: inittab,v 1.8 1998/05/10 10:37:50 miquels Exp $ snip > # Format: > # <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process> > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 > 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 > 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 > 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 > 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 > 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 snip
Ok, that looks fine. I just wanted to se if tty4 had something weird going on with it. Are you trying to run X on /dev/tty4? Can you do ls -al /dev/tty4 ? Is .xinitrc /etc/X11/Xsession.options referencing tty4 anywhere? --mike
