Console problem ,older code

[Germain Le Chapelain <german%lanvaux.fr@localhost>]

Dear NetBSD,


I am experiencing problem switching consoles with the keys ctrl-alt-fn.

I was dabbling with x11vnc.
The screen is black , ctrl-alt-f1-to-9 does nothing.  If I type I see what I type (as if a process was running. ctrl-c or whatnot does nothing.)

When I picked it up in this state, top was showing x11vnc still running but no X.
(The system acced as a server as no problems whatsoever.)

end of Xorg.0.log:
[537362.838] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1600x900"x0.0  106.00  1600 1664 1706 2324  900 903 906 912 -hsync -vsync (45.6 kHz e)
[537363.610] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt01: Device busy
[537364.410] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt01: Device busy
[537365.083] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[537365.948] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt03: Device busy
[537367.786] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt01: Device busy
[537368.794] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt01: Device busy
[537369.128] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[537369.793] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt03: Device busy
[537370.282] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt04: Device busy
[537490.248] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt01: Device busy
[537491.177] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[537491.231] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[609487.625] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt01: Device busy
[609488.856] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt01: Device busy
[609489.594] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[609490.538] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[609491.259] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt03: Device busy
[609492.107] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt04: Device busy
[609494.157] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt06: Device not configured
[609496.607] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt01: Device busy
[609497.519] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[609500.684] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[609501.748] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt02: Device busy
[609502.405] Failed to switch from vt05 to vt03: Device busy
[611645.475] (II) UnloadModule: "kbd"
[611645.475] (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
[611645.482] (II) NOUVEAU(0): NVLeaveVT is called.
[611659.495] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

(So I may have quit the session properly. Sorry this was a few days back.)

I run an older version of HEAD:

germ$ uname -a
NetBSD germ 8.99.51 NetBSD 8.99.51 (GENERIC) #2: Thu Jul 18 16:25:29 PDT 2019  german@germ:/home/german/work/netbsd/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/obj/GENERIC amd64

everything by default (I think nouveau was coming in by default ? Maybe I enabled it, either way I use it for my NVidia.

germ$ cat /etc/ttys


#
#       from: @(#)ttys  5.1 (Berkeley) 4/17/89
#       $NetBSD: ttys,v 1.6 2012/06/13 20:49:12 martin Exp $
#
# name  getty                           type    status          comments
#
console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         wsvt25  on secure
constty "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         wsvt25  off secure
ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         wsvt25  off secure
ttyE1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         wsvt25  on secure
ttyE2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         wsvt25  on secure
ttyE3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         wsvt25  on secure
tty00   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty01   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty02   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty03   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty04   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty05   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty06   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
tty07   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   unknown off secure
g


I can certainly restart, update and retry. We can even switch to a proper release instead.
Is this actually a better way for us ? 
(It is a production system, but the service is absolutely non-essential, so we are happy to test.)


I came here for the education. I remember running into problems around there before too.

What would *YOU* do ? ;)

Thank you!


Kindest regards,
-- 
Germain Le Chapelain for Lanvaux Computer Games Limited