Re: XFree86 error

[Jeremiah McElroy <jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is this a configuration problem with XFree86 or is this a device problem 
in /dev?

What I'm really getting at is: Could this issue be solved by switching 
to a better supported graphics card, such as an nVidia or ATI card?

Thanks,

Jeremiah McElroy

Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:

> Jeremiah McElroy wrote:
>
> > I just installed Fedora Core 1 as a clean install.  When I try to 
> > start X using the PowerVR drivers for my graphics card (which I 
> > downloaded and installed), I see the following error in my 
> > XFree86.0.log file:
> > (++) using VT number 7
> >
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 7 (Input/output error)
> >
> > I have never seen this problem in the past.  I used to run Red Hat 
> > 9.0 and I also built the drivers by hand.  I have attached my 
> > XF86Config file in case that is needed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeremiah McElroy
> >
> >
> >  
> I had the same problem yesterday.. A machine that I had installed 
> three days earlier simply started to have this error.. To make a long 
> story short , I checked the device permissions , so it would match the 
> permissions of the other ttys and reconfigured X... After some fight 
> it worked fine...
>
> Pedro Macedo