Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:01:58PM -0500, Indulekha wrote:
> 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.
>
Also if inittab did get edited, could be you're calling a getty
that isn't installed...
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