People have been saying that 5.0-CURRENT problems belong here. I don't know if this is Gnome2 or Xfree86...
I noticed tonight that the Gnome2 desktop terminal stopped working.
When I open a terminal window, I do not get a command prompt. I have a flashing solid block cursor in the top left corner of the window.
I tried various key combinations and nothing seems to get its attention.
If I file/close or hit the "X" in the top right corner, I get kicked out to the command prompt, where I entered startx, or to the GDM2 signon screen. I'm reading this as an X server crash. I'm seeing some dumps for "Interfearance" but I do not think that is related. Nothing else appears to be broken at this point.
The X logs are inconclusive. However, I'll include one that hints at a failure. "Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: VT_SETMODE VT_PROCESS failed" I've had this happen to root and to my non uid0 personal account. Any ideas folks?
XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 3 September 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.1.log", Time: Fri Mar 7 17:49:40 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" (==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "Card0" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (++) using VT number 9
Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: VT_SETMODE VT_PROCESS failed When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.1.log". Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]