Re: xwindows crash - bad graphics card? (fwd)
On 16 Aug 2001 16:28:55 -0400, Christopher Mosley wrote:
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> On 15 Aug 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote:
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> > 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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> # /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
> # $Id: inittab,v 1.8 1998/05/10 10:37:50 miquels Exp $
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> # Format:
> # <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
> 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
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Ok, that looks fine. I just wanted to se if tty4 had something weird
going on with it. Are you trying to run X on /dev/tty4? Can you do ls
-al /dev/tty4 ? Is .xinitrc /etc/X11/Xsession.options referencing tty4
anywhere?
--mike
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