Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:55:15PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2012 21:03:12 +0800, Hor Jiun Shyong wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> Hi... but there's no need to send this twice and please, no html posts :-)
>
> > Would be grateful if anyone could provide feedback on the below, thanks.
>
> Okay, let's see if I can give you some hints. There are usually X gurus
> around the list but let's do some tests until they can provide a more
> insightful view on this issue :-)
>
> > After installing proprietary driver
> > amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run on Sid amd64, both console and
> > X cannot be started. All was left after booting is a blinking "-"
> > prompt. Xorg log as below.
>
> Let me move up the fatal error:
>
> > [ 312.888] Fatal server error:
> > [ 312.888] xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT
> > [ 312.888]
> > [ 312.888]
>
> That's weird... It's like the xserver is not able to allocate a virtual
> console where to start X but I can't figure out what could be causing
> this :-?
>
Maybe something (like /etc/inittab) got edited, and tty7
was repurposed for a getty? It's important to leave tty7
alone or X won't run.
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