On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:40:12PM +0200, Thierry LACOSTE wrote: > On Thursday 24 June 2004 19:00, Michael Banck wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 07:42:07PM +0300, Ognyan Kulev wrote: > > > Thierry LACOSTE wrote: > > > >When I run startx the screen turns black for one or two minutes > > > >and then the computer reboots. > > > > I think this is normal right now if a fatal problem (like when your > > graphics card is not supported) occurs. Check > > /var/log/XFree86.log.0 (or similar) and see the console output. > > > I checked /var/log/XFree86.0.log which ends with > > Fatal server error: > Cannot set event mode on keyboard (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
Yeah, that looks like a problem with /dev/kbd. > > You need to append --repeat=/dev/kbd or something to the console command > > in order to make X run successfully. > > > When I run starx --repeat=/dev/kbd I have the same problem. You need to start the Hurd console with this option, like console -d vga -d pc_kbd --repeat=/dev/kbd -d generic_speaker /dev/vcs Afterwards, just run startx in the usual fashion. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html
