On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Wouter Klouwen wrote:

> Matthieu Herrb(matthieu.herrb@laas.fr) said 2004.06.01 21:06:46 +0000:
> > >Would anyone know any possible causes or perhaps fixes (other than better
> > >hardware)?
> >
> > Are you running xdm ?
>
> No xdm is involved, whether I run `startx' or `xinit' does not seem to
> matter.
>
> > Is there a VT without a getty process attached for X in your /etc/ttys?
>
> X seems to be on the fifth tty.
> Local ttys in /etc/ttys on applicable machine:
> console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   on secure
> ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   off secure
> ttyE1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE4   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   off secure

My X server is also running on ttyE4, but I don't have an entry for
ttyE4 in "/etc/ttys". Should I?

Frederick