On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Warren Dodge wrote: > This one time, at band camp, nate said: > > Mark Copper said: > > > I just upgraded to testing to get X 4.2 because it supports my card. Now > > > X starts fine but (1) I can't cltrl-alt Fx to a virtual terminal, (2) > > > /etc/init.d/xdm stop not only kills X but it also kills any further > > > output to the monitor, (3) nothing is printed to the screen after X has > > > been killed during shutdown. > > Two things come to mind. > If you've changed your runlevels to login at 4 or 5, you may have to modify > inittab to allow virtual consoles in runlevels 4 and 5.
my inittab has default run level = 2. It's not changed anywhere else is it? And would that explain why /etc/init.d/xdm stop kills the display entirely? > Also, if you're using the agpgart module, that could be the cause of the > trouble. None of the systems I have that use Radeon 7500's can reliably use > agpgart. One system allows a single return to console mode and back to X, a > 2nd trip to the console will crash everything. The other systems are even > less tolerant. I commneted agpgart out of /etc/modules and rebooted. lsmod no longer shows apgart, but behavior wrt virtual consoles remains the same. Curious, eh? Thanks. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
