[K12OSN] XFree fatal error 104
Bert Rolston
bert.rolston at clear.net.nz
Mon May 10 02:51:59 UTC 2004
Hi Terrell,
OK, I tried the inittab changes, and learned the frustration of VIM
while making these changes.
I still get the same error message, but instead of respawning ID 4-6
errors this has been reduced to 4 & 5 only.
Methinks I need to recreate the nodes.
Cheers,
Bert
On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 09:49, Terrell Prude', Jr. wrote:
> Had another idea after that original post. Check out your /etc/inittab
> file, and look for the line with tty6 in it. It should look like this:
>
> 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
>
> Comment that line out. Then, do one of two things:
>
> A.) reboot, or
> B.) change to runlevel 1, then back to runlevel 5
>
> and let us know how things go. A device node should indeed be made for
> /dev/tty7-9, but we can do the above as a troubleshooting step.
>
> --TP
>
> Bert Rolston wrote:
>
> >Hi Terrell,
> >
> >I'm posting inline. It's a bit messy but there are several points
> >raised.
> >
> >Notice that I have a "tty7" entry, and also notice the permissions on
> >
> >
> >>it. My Mandrake 9.2 box also goes up to tty9, BTW. Since your listing
> >>stopped at tty6, we have one of two options that I can think of to try out.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >I tried the following.
> >
> >Move ttyx(9,8,7) to tty(4,5,6) to coincide with the missing ones. No
> >luck.
> >
> >Not sure if this was advisable but it didn't seem to break anything
> >else.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>1.) Make a new device node for tty7. That's kinda ugly, and I'll have
> >>to go remind myself how to do it (it's been a while).
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I've done this in the past, but only once. I can't remember how, or
> >where I found the info last time.
> >
> >
> >
> >>2.) Try changing permissions on one of the other tty's to match what my
> >>tty7 has on it. Given that the UID and GID are both root, it shouldn't
> >>make a difference, but it's worth a shot. I'd try it with tty's 4 and 6
> >>first, since that's what your XFree86.0.log file shows that X11 is
> >>trying before it dies.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Tried this, they get changed back to the settings shown by ls.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>If 2.) doesn't do the trick, then let us know, and I'll go dust off how
> >>to make device nodes. :-)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >You've given me a clue here. "device nodes". I couldn't even remember that.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Bert
> >
> >
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