On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:45:58PM +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > Hi! > > I'm still working with the backstreet ruby kernel Andreas Schuldei has > made available to get another seat on the machine. I had a breakthrough > yesterday. Now my (2.4) kernel runs, and I can use one graphics card. > Now, I just need to get the other up, with corresponding keyboard and > mouse. > > I think I need to make more tty-devices, and I'm using devfs, so the > short question is: How can I make more than the usual tty0 to tty8? > (Because it is only those in Debian from the start, right...?) > > I'm not feeling very at home in this, it is quite well above my head for > the moment. I have RTFM, http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/ > docs/devfs.html#how-it-works to be specific, but I really don't > understand it... So I hope someone can help... :-) > > mknod something....? Since you have devfs mounted on /dev, you ought to be able to use devices in /dev/tts directly rather than compatibility symlinks to ttyX. If the devices are not being created, you probably need to load a kernel module for the hardware or specify module options. Check /var/log/messages, /var/log/kern.log, and /var/log/syslog to see what is reported about the second graphic card during boot or when the kernel module is loaded. > > To make the short story long, what I tried was to run the second > X-server on the second graphics card. It goes: > (++) using VT number 8 > > (WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed > (WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: VT_GETMODE failed > > So, I googled for this error message, and found this: > http://lists.jammed.com/owl-users/2001/11/0027.html > so, it seems that I need tty9, etc. But then, when using devfs (it is > recommended in this setup, sort of), MAKEDEV is not an alternative. So, > I have to instruct devfs to make it, some way. I thought software like > XFree86 could register it itself, but apparently, I understand very > little as to how it works... > > Obviously, it could be something entirely different that's wrong with my > setup, in that case, advices would be very welcome too! > > Cheers, > > Kjetil -- Jerome
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