Hi! I'm still working with the backstreet ruby kernel Andreas Schuldei has made available to get another seat on the machine. I had a breakthrough yesterday. Now my (2.4) kernel runs, and I can use one graphics card. Now, I just need to get the other up, with corresponding keyboard and mouse.
I think I need to make more tty-devices, and I'm using devfs, so the short question is: How can I make more than the usual tty0 to tty8? (Because it is only those in Debian from the start, right...?) I'm not feeling very at home in this, it is quite well above my head for the moment. I have RTFM, http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/ docs/devfs.html#how-it-works to be specific, but I really don't understand it... So I hope someone can help... :-) mknod something....? To make the short story long, what I tried was to run the second X-server on the second graphics card. It goes: (++) using VT number 8 (WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed (WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: VT_GETMODE failed So, I googled for this error message, and found this: http://lists.jammed.com/owl-users/2001/11/0027.html so, it seems that I need tty9, etc. But then, when using devfs (it is recommended in this setup, sort of), MAKEDEV is not an alternative. So, I have to instruct devfs to make it, some way. I thought software like XFree86 could register it itself, but apparently, I understand very little as to how it works... Obviously, it could be something entirely different that's wrong with my setup, in that case, advices would be very welcome too! Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
