Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 9 Sep 2000 08:56:40 -0400 (EDT) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: printer problems and more on Re: Screen corruption on startup 2.4.0-test7 |
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> > This would be vgacon, having never figured out if it's even possible > > to get framebuffers working on the machine. > > > > Also, the normal power-saving/screen-saving function of blanking the > > screen is not working. > > > Hello, > > More information from /var/log/messages (this is a short extract): > > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10251]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10257]: /dev/tty3: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10250]: /dev/tty5: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10249]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10266]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10268]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10264]: /dev/tty5: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10262]: /dev/tty3: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10260]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10276]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10274]: /dev/tty3: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10270]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10272]: /dev/tty5: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10278]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10286]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10284]: /dev/tty5: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10282]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10280]: /dev/tty3: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10294]: /dev/tty3: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10290]: /dev/tty5: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10296]: /dev/tty3: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling init: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled > for 5 minutes > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10292]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10288]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10302]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10304]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling init: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled > for 5 minutes > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10300]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10306]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling init: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled > for 5 minutes > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10298]: /dev/tty5: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10308]: /dev/tty5: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling mingetty[10310]: /dev/tty5: cannot open tty: > No such device > Sep 3 19:09:28 kindling init: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled > for 5 minutes
Yipes!! I have seen this happen when /etc/inittab is messed up.
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