Re: Cannot open virtual console 17 (No such device)

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> I'm runing kernel 2.6.7 w/ruby (today CVS) with two nvidia cards. When I 
> try to start second X, Xserver die with "Cannot open virtual console 17 
> (No such device)"
> 
> More Info:
> OS: Linux Fedora Core 2
> Keyb: PS/2 + USB
> Mouse: PS/2 + USB
> Video: NVidia GF2 + NVidia GF4
> XServer: Xorg from distro w/o patch (just hackvideo=1)
> 
> dmesg:
> ...
> Console: Colour VGA+ 80x25 vc:1-16
> ...
> keyboard.c: [AT Translated Set 2 keyboard] vc:1-16
> input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> ...
> input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Wheel Mouse] on usb-0000:00:10.1-1
> usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using address 3
> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
> input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [0566:3002] on usb-0000:00:10.1-2
> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
> input,hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [0566:3002] on usb-0000:00:10.1-2
> ...
> 
> (nothing about vc17)

add to your's bootloader append line  "dumbcon=2" (or pass it at boot)
then everything should be fine 

best,

svetljo

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