On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 01:54:52AM +0300, Solar Designer wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:48:38PM +0300, Anatoly Pugachev wrote:
> > Successfully compiled and installed XFree86 ver. 4.1.0 on Owl linux distro,
> > but was unable to start it:
> > ibs!root:~# XFree86 -configure
> >
> > XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
> > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
> > Release Date: 2 June 2001
> > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
> > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> > Build Operating System: Linux 2.2.20 i686 [ELF]
> > Module Loader present
> > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Nov 28 23:54:43 2001
> > (--) using VT number 9
>
> I don't know if this is the (only) problem, but by default Owl creates
> device files for 8 vty's only. You need to either use a lower vty for
> X or create /dev/tty9 with:
right, i have find out it myself too, just was not sure about limit in 8 ttys
available by default. By decresing number of used consoles (getty's) and
XFree86 started ok'ay.
> david!root:~# cd /dev
> david!root:/dev# ./MAKEDEV tty9
> david!root:/dev# ls -l !$
> ls -l tty9
> crw------- 1 root tty 4, 9 Nov 30 01:50 tty9
>
> > (WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed
> > (WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed
>
> Now this is weird. I'm curious what error code the ioctl's return.
show you 'strace -o xfree86-strace.log XFree86 -configure' output { cut'ed }
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write(0, "using VT number 9\n\n", 19) = 19
open("/dev/tty9", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 5
chown("/dev/tty9", 0, 0) = 0
ioctl(5, VT_GETSTATE, 0xbffffa38) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
ioctl(5, VT_ACTIVATE, 0x9) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
write(0, "(WW) ", 5) = 5
write(0, "xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE fai"..., 36) = 36
close(5) = 0
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Later i discovered that i have regular /dev/tty9 file (not a device), so ioctl
do right (ENOTTY).
Thats all, thanks. :)
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