Debian X Window Problem

[C M Reinehr]

Joel,

Thanks for the help. I have the standard 6 character VT's, with X using 
the 7th, and all were correct, but I finallyr emembered a warning that was 
displayed during the configuration process about framebuffers. I decided 
to check my XF86Config-4 file and, sure enough, I found a line in the 
Device section setting UseFBDev to true. Just for the hell of it, I set it 
to false, and everything started working again.

Now, I guess I need to do a little research and find out what a 
framebuffer is!

cmr

PS      This PC has a Radeon 7500QW video card and I'm using the ati driver.

Joel Hammer wrote:

> How many virtual terminals did you have before you loaded up X?
> Here is what I have in inittab:
> 
> # The default runlevel.
> id:2:initdefault:
> 
> # Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
> # so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
> 
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
> 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 04:44:19PM -0500, C M Reinehr wrote:
>> I'm in the process of installing Debian Sarge (testing) to a PC. I 
first 
>> did a minimal, net install of Woody (stable). Then, I upgraded to 
Sarge. 
>> Next, using `tasksel` I installed X windows. So far, so good. When I 
boot 
>> to run level 2, the X server/client, and xdm start and I can log into 
an X 
>> window session. BUT, I found that I no longer have any virtual 
terminals. 
>> When I <ctl><alt>F[1-6] I get nothing. Even the LED on the front of the 
>> LCD screen goes out.
>> 
>> To experiment, I removed the S99xdm link from the /etc/rc2.d directory, 
so 
>> that xdm would not automatically start and rebooted. This time, all of 
the 
>> virtual terminals worked just fine. Then, I started xdm manually 
>> (`/etc/init.d/xdm start`) and lo, the virtual terminals went away 
again. 
>> (For what it's worth, all of the getty processes are still listed.)
>> 
>> Does anyone have any idea what's going on, here? (I'm purposely 
building 
>> up this system one step at a time to install only those applications 
that 
>> I need, rather than installing everything plus the kitchen sink.)
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> cmr
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