From: Ed Tomlinson <edt@aei.ca>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: vts have stopped working here
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:05:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200401231005.35610.edt@aei.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040123130535.GA4046@ucw.cz>
On January 23, 2004 08:05 am, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 07:43:38AM -0500, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > Is anyone else having problems with vt(s)? I can switch between X and vt
> > 1 without problems. Trying to use any of the other vt(s) fails.
> >
> > A+C+F1 flips from X to vt1
> > A+F2 flips to vt7 (x)
> > A+C+F2 from X does nothing
> >
> > In my logs there are messages about init spawing too fast. Suspect that
> > these are the processes for the Vt(s) started with:
> >
> > 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
>
> Interesting. The vt's don't exist until something writes to them. So
> most likely X is running on vt2 in your case. As to why the processes
> keep dying - no idea.
No. X is running on vt7. Selecting F2,F3,F4,F5,F6 all get you to the X
screen, and these are the ids init complains about in the log. Interestingly
this happens on two boxes (K6-III 400 via, P3-1.4G Intel).
Ed
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-23 15:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-23 6:31 [PATCH] clarify find_busiest_group Martin J. Bligh
2004-01-23 6:44 ` Nick Piggin
2004-01-23 7:02 ` Andrew Morton
2004-01-23 12:43 ` vts have stopped working here Ed Tomlinson
2004-01-23 13:05 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-01-23 15:05 ` Ed Tomlinson [this message]
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