XFree86 error

[Jeremiah McElroy]

Is this a configuration problem with XFree86 or is this a device problem 
in /dev?

What I'm really getting at is: Could this issue be solved by switching 
to a better supported graphics card, such as an nVidia or ATI card?

Thanks,

Jeremiah McElroy

Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:

> Jeremiah McElroy wrote:
>
>> I just installed Fedora Core 1 as a clean install.  When I try to 
>> start X using the PowerVR drivers for my graphics card (which I 
>> downloaded and installed), I see the following error in my 
>> XFree86.0.log file:
>> (++) using VT number 7
>>
>>
>> Fatal server error:
>> xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 7 (Input/output error)
>>
>> I have never seen this problem in the past.  I used to run Red Hat 
>> 9.0 and I also built the drivers by hand.  I have attached my 
>> XF86Config file in case that is needed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeremiah McElroy
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> I had the same problem yesterday.. A machine that I had installed 
> three days earlier simply started to have this error.. To make a long 
> story short , I checked the device permissions , so it would match the 
> permissions of the other ttys and reconfigured X... After some fight 
> it worked fine...
>
> Pedro Macedo
>
>