On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 21:47, John D. Baker <jdba...@consolidated.net> wrote: > > Possibly "/etc/ttys" has "console" marked "on" so 'init' starts 'getty' > on it. > > Then, 'xdm's 'Xsetup_0' script launches 'xconsole' and the two get into > a fight. > > I always make sure "/etc/ttys" has "console" marked "off" and mark > "ttyE0" on. so that doesn't happen.
That looks to be it - now I recall I set console off and constty on to DTRT with or without wscons. So the next question is - what should the default be - as shipping a system which has an option to enable xdm when then breaks console login is... suboptimal :) Thanks David
