PowerPC updates 6.17-1: Switching VT failed

[Christian Zigotzky]

Hi All,

The PowerPC updates 6.17-1 aren’t responsible for this issue.
I reverted the PowerPC updates 6.17-1 but Xorg doesn’t start.

Cheers,
Christian

> On 30 July 2025 at 03:13 pm, Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky at xenosoft.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Could you please test Xorg with the latest Git kernel including the new PowerPC updates 6.17-1?
> Xorg doesn’t start anymore.
> 
> Error message:
> 
> xf86OpenConsole: Switching VT failed.
> 
> I tested it with QEMU with virtio-gpu-pci and VGA,vgamem_mb=256 with some Linux distributions today.
> 
> Unfortunately I can’t bisect because of the lack of time.
> 
> Thanks,
> Christian