From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760742AbYDCCJ1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 22:09:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758305AbYDCCJT (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 22:09:19 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.225]:38924 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758112AbYDCCJT (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 22:09:19 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BugIGRxh6R79ZAe7c45QPwAPRMcUBmKj73Y0ew5tDcpr2TP/OWZ2gikP1vkAMiiUNbkzpGTX0sMqJqMcXFtmgVBKuxtWJsSRcNtDKMQHdNsbvZYZAPBUI7K6BRL499VtI5bxhKibxjLkNOJiti9V/7lbBgArLWw+ojA5S58cCns= Message-ID: <72dbd3150804021909ie877298hd1cbebd3a0e00fd9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:09:18 -0700 From: "David Rees" To: "Gene Heskett" Subject: Re: linux-2.6.25-rc8, an oddity Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" In-Reply-To: <200804022027.11942.gene.heskett@verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200804022027.11942.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > This will be the third time I've sent this message in about 10 hours, with it > never making it to the list, but I've picked up around 400 messages since > because I am subscribed. Please check as to why I cannot post? Your post made it to the list all three times (or at least, I received it, and I suspect just about all the other LKML readers have, too if they haven't blacklisted you now for spamming the list). > 1. I note when I logged in (always to runlevel 3, no x at that point) that it > gave me tty1, instead of the usual tty0. > > Is there a reason why the non-x login screen wasn't /dev/tty0? It does > exist.. The normal first tty to use is tty1. At least all my Fedora/CentOS systems start with tty1. Not a bug. > 2. Also, if I exit x, expecting to see my original screen, its not there, no > drive at all to the monitor so it shuts down. I think I can blindly startx > again, or type reboot, or give it the vulcan nerve pinch but I don't get > video back until the reboots post finds it. This is regardless of the kernel > running apparently I've tried fedora's latest, 2.6.24.4, and now 2.6.25-rc8. Sounds like an X driver bug, not a kernel bug to me. Check with the xorg guys or with your Linux distro vendor. -Dave