[brlug-general] Feisty X Problem

[worms]

Ran the update utlity that comes with Ubuntu and that appears to have
resolved the issue.

On 5/2/07, worms <worm402 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Took a look at those tty files, it appears they were already correct
> since I did a fresh install.  Back to debugging this problem.
>
> On 5/2/07, worms <worm402 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ah, so the virtual terminals were killed off by the time X came up.
> >
> > Thanks Ray
> >
> >
> > On 5/2/07, -ray <ray at ops.selu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Worms,
> > >
> > > Sounds like the same problem i had.  Getty's aren't being started on your
> > > virtual terminals.  I posted a fix here:
> > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=424078
> > >
> > > Apparently it's a known problem with converting some stuff in
> > > /etc/inittab.
> > >
> > > ---------------------
> > > Re: feisty boot problem
> > >
> > > The problem is with the 'Unknown stanza' error messages in event.d. A typo
> > > prevents the getty's from starting on the virtual terminals. So you never
> > > get a login prompt.
> > >
> > > Look at /etc/event.d/tty1. The 2 last lines should look like this:
> > >
> > > exec /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> > > respawn
> > >
> > >
> > > Notice the very very bad typos... i'm not sure how such a bug slipped
> > > through. Fix it in the tty1 through tty6 files, reboot, and you should be
> > > able to login. Perhaps someone can report this bug if it's not already
> > > known. I haven't looked yet.
> > >
> > > I just upgraded from dapper to edgy to feist. Now on to the next problem
> > > haha.
> > >
> > > ray
> > > -------------------------
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2 May 2007, worms wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Since fesity seems to be a popular tpici right now, maybe someone else
> > > > has run across this too.
> > > >
> > > > I installed Kubuntu feisty last night and everything worked great out
> > > > of the box except for a small problem with X.
> > > >
> > > > Whenever I logout / shutdown / crtl+alt+bksp I get black screen with
> > > > just the cursor and the machine stays in that state until reset.
> > > > Can't change to one of the virtual consoles or anything.
> > > >
> > > > Tonight I'm going to get SSH setup for remote login so I can
> > > > investigate a little more.
> > > >
> > > > --Lance Lambert
> > > >
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> > > Ray DeJean                                       http://www.r-a-y.org
> > > Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
> > > IBM Certified Specialist              AIX Administration, AIX Support
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