a...@absd.org (David Brownlee) writes: >After xdm started I hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch vty but was unable to >login
Sounds like X started on vt01 (/dev/ttyE0), so X and getty are fighting for the tty. Please check that the file /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers has a line like: :0 local /usr/X11R7/bin/X :0 -noretro vt05 -- -- Michael van Elst Internet: mlel...@serpens.de "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."