(CCing debian-hurd, hope you don't mind) On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:45:10AM +1200, John Williams wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 17:38 +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > > I think now is the time to think about how we want to go about starting > > the Hurd console by default on bootup. > > Some things to consider: > > > How to react when it doesn't work?
Good question. This should be punted upstream I guess. > My system displayed a blank screen when I attempted to start X, You need to start the console first, before you start X. And you need to change the mouse settings appropriately. > console -d vga -d pc_kbd --repeat=kbd -d pc_mouse --repeat=mouse -c / > dev/cons /dev/vcs > > But now, after upgrading (through apt-get) to the latest hurd, X etc, > starting the console results in a blank screen that is unresponsive to > keyboard input and needs a hard reset. Hmm, that's the same problem Guillem Jover reported. I also had this a couple of times, but it works for me currently. I have no idea what is going wrong here. Marco/Marcus, do you have any hints about this? > > - What about the console options? > Where are these documented? Marco wrote to this list today with a couple of option. In general, your above line should suffice though. cheers, Michael
