Re: Snarled console after X 4.0.2 runs.
At 5:04 PM -0400 4/25/2001, Robb Kidd wrote:
X snarls the F1 - F5 text consoles, but runs fine itself. Killing the X
server does not unsnarl them.
[chomp]
I've got Woody running nicely on the 2.4.2 kernel otherwise and am
trying to add XFree86 4.0.2 with an AGP 8MB Number Nine Ticket-2-Ride
video card. (server-i128) I noticed the many messages about disabling
the framebuffer (CONFIG_FB) and recompiling the kernel, but I do not see
that config entry in "make menuconfig" (or less'ing about in the
generated .config file). Do I add this line? Have I misread and should
be recompiling XFree86?
Two things come to mind:
1) Are you sure you said yes to virtual consoles in menuconfig?
2) If you do not start up the X server, do the text consoles F1-F6
(You meant to
include F6, too?) work? If yes, then it could be iffy driver.
Sometimes switching
between X and text consoles takes down my entire box, requiring the
one-fingered
salute to the reset button.
--
Anthony Lau
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