Re: can't switch ttys after atp-get upgrade
I think I just encountered your problem. In runlevel 5 the default is
to only allow getty to run for 1 tty. I guess they are assuming that if
you are running X you will not run multiple consoles. If you look at
the /etc/inittab file you will see something like this:
snip----
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run
X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
snip----
You will need to change it to this:
snip----
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you runX.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
snip----
After doing that, as root type "init q" for it to reread that file.
Problem solved.
Robert
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 11:45, Tim wrote:
> hi everybody,
>
> i've been using debian sarge on my thinkpad r51 for some weeks and
> managed to get everthing to work. since i did an apt-get update and
> apt-get upgrade yesterday, i cannot switch between the ttys anymore.
>
> default runlevel is 5, gdm starts and everything looks good & works,
> i can switch to another tty by pressing ALT+STRG+F1. once i do this,
> there's no way back - neither to X11 nor to any other tty. the system
> still works, so i guess something with the key mappings is broken but
> i may be wrong.
>
> of course, i did not switch the notebook on, upgrade it and shut it
> down at once - but i don't remember doing anything that could cause
> this.
>
> did anybody experience similar problems or does anybody know a possible
> solution? (would dmesg output be helpful? i guess not...)
>
> tim
>
>
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