Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (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?
Does ctrl+alt+backspace work? that should terminate the console client, even when it shows a blank screen. Can you check your /etc/ttys, /dev/tty[1-6] and /dev/vcs? -- Marco
