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Re: xwindows crash - bad graphics card? (fwd)



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



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