From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 25 04:24:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA11308 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 04:24:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (sdev.usn.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA11293 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 04:24:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from davidn@localhost) by sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (8.8.2/8.6.9) id XAA16484; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 23:23:50 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 23:23:50 +1100 From: davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: benedict@echonyc.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X looking for /dev/ttyv4 References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.50 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from Levels of Indirection on Nov 24, 1996 04:59:00 -0800 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Levels of Indirection writes: > When I attempt to start X, I get the following error: > > > Fatal server error: > > xf86OpenSyscons: Cannot open /dev/ttyv4 (No such file or directory) > > > > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > I tried cd'ing to /dev and running ./MAKEDEV ttyv4, but I just get ./MAKEDEV vt4 > > ttyv4 - no such device name > > Attached is a copy of my ttys file, in case that is significant. No, in this case it isn't. BTW, contrary to popular belief it really *won't* hurt you to browse a script file (which is all MAKEDEV is). You may even learn something. :-) MAKEDEV has lots of very helpful comments at the top. Best of luck, David Nugent, Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn