Re: Enabling xdm in sysinst breaks console login?

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

abs%absd.org@localhost (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

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