I tried to start a new X session using "switch user" in KDE. I got no kdm prompt; X failed to start, and in its log file I found "(WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed". I then logged on to a console and tried "startx". That worked, but got me a bare X screen with an xterm, which isn't what I wanted. I tried "switch user" again, which worked, but the computer went up to 71% of swap used and stopped responding. I rebooted and the computer hung while starting my own X session. I rebooted again, my X session finished starting, and I tried "switch user" again. Again I got "VT_ACTIVATE failed". What's wrong?
Here's the relevant section of /etc/ttys: # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv5 "/usr/pkg/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure ttyv6 "/usr/pkg/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure ttyv7 "/usr/pkg/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure ttyv8 "/usr/pkg/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure # Serial terminals Pierre -- loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji