problem getting default console

[Berna Massingill]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 07:45:33PM -0400, Jim Li wrote:

>>  i recently install fc4 to a dell dimension (i think 2400) machine. i
>>  was able to get the x-console (ctrl-alt-f7) up. but i was not able to
>>  get any one of the regular consoles (ctrl-alt-f{0-6}) up, ie. tty0-6.
>>  
>>  is there something i need to initialize in order to get them up during
>>  and/or after startup?

There's a known bug related to this problem, for which the suggested
fix is to replace /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a with the version
from FC3.  If you search the list archives at

    http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2

for "virtual consoles" or "libvgahw.a" you should find several
messages/threads telling you more.

(I had the same problem, and copying libvgahw.a from an FC3 system
seemed to fix it.)

-- blm