Re: xf86Setup

[Jason Majors <jason@whizzird.net>]

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
> 
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