[K12OSN] XFree fatal error 104
Terrell Prude', Jr.
microman at cmosnetworks.com
Fri May 7 11:55:14 UTC 2004
I just took a look at two of mine. One's running K12LTSP 2.1.2, and the
other's running K12LTSP 3.1.2. Here's what I get, in both cases (only
the dates differ):
-bash-2.05b$ ls -l tty?
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 0 Jan 30 2003 tty0
crw------- 1 root root 4, 1 May 3 09:47 tty1
crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 May 3 09:47 tty2
crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 May 3 09:47 tty3
crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 May 3 09:47 tty4
crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 May 3 09:47 tty5
crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 May 3 09:47 tty6
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 7 Apr 30 16:16 tty7
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Jan 30 2003 tty8
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Jan 30 2003 tty9
-bash-2.05b$
Notice that I have a "tty7" entry, and also notice the permissions on
it. My Mandrake 9.2 box also goes up to tty9, BTW. Since your listing
stopped at tty6, we have one of two options that I can think of to try out.
1.) Make a new device node for tty7. That's kinda ugly, and I'll have
to go remind myself how to do it (it's been a while).
2.) Try changing permissions on one of the other tty's to match what my
tty7 has on it. Given that the UID and GID are both root, it shouldn't
make a difference, but it's worth a shot. I'd try it with tty's 4 and 6
first, since that's what your XFree86.0.log file shows that X11 is
trying before it dies.
If 2.) doesn't do the trick, then let us know, and I'll go dust off how
to make device nodes. :-)
--TP
Bert Rolston wrote:
>Hi Terrell,
>
>Only works on the F2 & F3 keys.
>
>However, if I press the ENTER key on screens F1, F4 - F7 THEN I get a
>login prompt.
>
>I can login as root but startx doesn't work. I get the same error
>message.
>
>Cheers,
>Bert
>
>
>
>On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 23:28, Terrell Prude', Jr. wrote:
>
>
>>Now this is interesting, because, by default, XFree86 uses VT #7 instead
>>of 4. Let's see if you actually have a VTY 4 running on your box. At
>>your command prompt, hit Ctrl-Alt-F2, Ctrl-Alt-F3, etc. all the way
>>through Ctrl-Alt-F7. You should see the "ttyx" part change numbers (e.
>>g. tty1, tty2). Assuming that you do see them, try actually logging in
>>at each one of them. Let us know how this goes.
>>
>>--TP
>>
>>
>>
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