[K12OSN] XFree fatal error 104

[Bert Rolston]

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:
> Bert Rolston wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 13:17, Terrell Prude', Jr. wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hi Bert,
> >>
> >>Take a look at your /var/log/XFree86.0.log for any error messages.
> >>
> >>  su root
> >>  tail -50 /var/log/XFree86.0.log | less
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >Thanks Terrell,
> >
> >Here are the results.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>tail -50 /var/log/XFree86.0.log | less
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.3.0-2)
> >Release Date: 27 February 2003
> >X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
> >Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-3bigmem i686 [ELF] 
> >Build Date: 27 February 2003
> >Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com
> > 
> >	Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
> >	to make sure that you have the latest version.
> >Module Loader present
> >OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.20-8 (bhcompile at porky.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003 
> >Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> >         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> >         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> >(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu May  6 12:35:09 2004
> >(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
> >(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
> >(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
> >(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
> >(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard0"
> >(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
> >(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
> >(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> >(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
> >(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> >(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
> >(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> >(**) XKB: layout: "us"
> >(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
> >(**) |-->Input Device "DevInputMice"
> >(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
> >(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> >(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> >(--) using VT number 4
> >
> >
> >Fatal server error:
> >xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 4 (Input/output error)
> >
> >
> >When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> >the full server output, not just the last messages.
> >This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
> >Please report problems to xfree86 at xfree86.org.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Bert
> >
> 
> 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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