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SubjectRe: linux-2.6.25-rc8, an oddity
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@gmail.com> wrote:
> This will be the third time I've sent this message in about 10 hours, with it
> never making it to the list, but I've picked up around 400 messages since
> because I am subscribed. Please check as to why I cannot post?

Your post made it to the list all three times (or at least, I received
it, and I suspect just about all the other LKML readers have, too if
they haven't blacklisted you now for spamming the list).

> 1. I note when I logged in (always to runlevel 3, no x at that point) that it
> gave me tty1, instead of the usual tty0.
>
> Is there a reason why the non-x login screen wasn't /dev/tty0? It does
> exist..

The normal first tty to use is tty1. At least all my Fedora/CentOS
systems start with tty1. Not a bug.

> 2. Also, if I exit x, expecting to see my original screen, its not there, no
> drive at all to the monitor so it shuts down. I think I can blindly startx
> again, or type reboot, or give it the vulcan nerve pinch but I don't get
> video back until the reboots post finds it. This is regardless of the kernel
> running apparently I've tried fedora's latest, 2.6.24.4, and now 2.6.25-rc8.

Sounds like an X driver bug, not a kernel bug to me. Check with the
xorg guys or with your Linux distro vendor.

-Dave


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