XFree86 error [solution]

[Jeremiah McElroy]

I managed to fix this problem, sort of.  This was a problem with the 
drivers which I was not able to resolve.  I plan on submitting a bug 
report to the powervr team, but I doubt it will make a difference since 
the card is about 7 days older than dirt. 

Instead of using the Kyro II custom drivers, I switched to the generic 
VESA drivers.  Since I don't do any hardcore animation or gaming on this 
PC it doesn't make a bit of difference.

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
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