On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 16:12:25 -0800, Chad Versace wrote:
> When attempting to open the console device during initialization, X first
> tries to open /dev/tty0 in write-only mode, and if that fails it attempts
> to open /dev/vc/0. If both attempts fail, the error message below is
> logged. The message is incorrect because the errno is that resulting from
> the failure to open /dev/vc/0.
>
> xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 ({strerror(errno)})
>
> On a machine in which /dev/tty0 does exist but /dev/vc/0 does not, such as
> my machine, the log misleadingly says:
>
> Fatal server error:
> [ 3167.976] xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or
> directory)
>
> This patch fixes the log to report the correct errno for each device. The
> result is this log snippet:
>
> [ 3755.177] (WW) xf86OpenConsole: Failed to open /dev/tty0 for writing
> (Permission denied)
> [ 3755.177] (WW) xf86OpenConsole: Failed to open /dev/vc/0 for writing
> (No such file or directory)
> [ 3755.177]
> Fatal server error:
> [ 3755.177] xf86OpenConsole: Failed to open console device
>
Maybe we should just drop the /dev/vc/0 stuff? Surely nobody uses devfs
anymore?
Cheers,
Julien
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