Greetings,
I'm currently experiencing a sharp lack of joy whilst trying to install XFree
4.2.1 on a HP Omnibook 6000.
I'm continually hitting
VT_GETMODE failed
which is somewhat cryptic. I can find nothing on this via google, and nothing
on the XFree86 site (modulo a similar help message).
I built a small proggie (below) to prove that the ioctl works; and it does
fine (on a console, as one might expect). I've tried the obvious; alternate
XF86 configs, revert to VGA driver from ati, no difference.
Has anyone seen this before? It's more than a little disturbing, and
frustrating.
Output below.
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XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 21 16:42:05 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "LCD Panel"
(**) | |-->Device "Standard VGA"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
(**) XKB: layout: "gb"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 3
(WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed
(WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed
Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: VT_GETMODE failed
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Mx.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/vt.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
int
main(int argc, char **argv) {
int c, vfd;
struct vt_mode vtm;
if (vfd = open("/dev/console", O_RDWR) < 0) {
perror("vlock: could not open /dev/console");
exit (1);
}
c = ioctl(vfd,VT_GETMODE, &vtm);
if ( c < 0 ) {
perror("This tty is not a virtual console");
}
}
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