Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261190AbUAWNFe (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:05:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261775AbUAWNFe (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:05:34 -0500 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:65412 "EHLO midnight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261190AbUAWNFa (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:05:30 -0500 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:05:35 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Ed Tomlinson Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: vts have stopped working here Message-ID: <20040123130535.GA4046@ucw.cz> References: <224300000.1074839500@[10.10.2.4]> <4010C2BF.7090806@cyberone.com.au> <200401230743.38488.edt@aei.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401230743.38488.edt@aei.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 912 Lines: 26 On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 07:43:38AM -0500, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > Is anyone else having problems with vt(s)? I can switch between X and vt 1 without > problems. Trying to use any of the other vt(s) fails. > > A+C+F1 flips from X to vt1 > A+F2 flips to vt7 (x) > A+C+F2 from X does nothing > > In my logs there are messages about init spawing too fast. Suspect that these are > the processes for the Vt(s) started with: > > 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 Interesting. The vt's don't exist until something writes to them. So most likely X is running on vt2 in your case. As to why the processes keep dying - no idea. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/