Bug#2360: xdm cannot find a free VT
On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Karl R. Sackett wrote:
> xdm dies on start up and sends the below message to /var/log/xdm-errors.
> Here's what happens with startx:
>
> [...]
> Fatal server error:
> xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT
Please would you check your /dev/tty* device files. On how many VTs are
you running getty? Are there enough tty devices (tty8, tty9, tty10,
...) to allow one to be free when you try to start the X server?
Steve Early
sde1000@cam.ac.uk
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