"*FvwmTaskBar: cannot open console" Console?? Why??

by General Sisyphu » Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:00:00

When I run "startx", the screen hangs for about 5 to 7 seconds but
eventually starts the x-window with FVWM. I have this error message in
my .FVMW_errors file:

"*FvwmTaskBar: cannot open console"

I am assuming that this is the culprit. Any ideas why this error message
is generated? I upgraded a few modules and there may be some
inconsistencies.

Thanks.

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I get a bunch of "boot-type" messages (hardware addresses, IRQs, etc.) on
ttyS0, then it gets to "Freeing unused kernel memory" and complains "Warning:
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