Hi, I have a mips board with composite video output.I was trying to implement xserver on the board. When I execute startx I am getting error "xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 device =(null) (No such file or directory)" . The tv is attached to device /dev/video0. The kernel has support to virtual terminal , but it is not creating any ttys. Is there anyway to bring xwindow with a serial console? Xorg.0.log file >> _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/spi:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 X.Org X Server 1.4.0 Release Date: 5 September 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 i686 Current Operating System: Linux spi <a href="http://2.6.19.7"> 2.6.19.7</a> #61 Tue Oct 23 12:42:27 IST 2007 mips Build Date: 17 October 2007 02:56:13PM Before reporting problems, check <a href="http://wiki.x.org">http://wiki.x.org</a> to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Oct 23 12:56:14 2007 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "tv" (**) | |-->Device "v4l" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1" (**) Option "DontVTSwitch" (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/OTF" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/local/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) FontPath is completely invalid. Using compiled-in default. (==) FontPath set to: /home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, /home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, /home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/OTF, /home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, /home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, /home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ (==) RgbPath set to "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/share/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/home/jenny_tc/project/xwindow/x11r7.3/mips-target/xserver/lib/xorg/modules" (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Loader magic: 0x60a730 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3 X.Org Video Driver: 2.0 X.Org XInput driver : 2.0 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5 (II) Loader running on linux Fatal server error: 125 xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 device =(null) (No such file or directory) (WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor