i did an "apt-get distupgrade" and set some keyboard options (i'm using a
german keyboard) using "xmodmap" (which sounds as if it would only affect
X11, but i'm not sure) and did a "dpkg-reconfigure console-data", and my
problem is gone - i don't know which of the measures above solved it.
another problem with the keyboard persists - in X11, my pipe key ("|",
">", "<") doesn't work so i have to copy and paste the pipe symbol, while
under the text consoles the "Alt Gr" (right alt) key does not work - this
prevents you from typing a backslash and an "@" with a german keyboard
layout :-(
nevertheless, your pointer to /etc/inittab sounds very reasonable and i must
admit that i forget to check that obvious possibilty - thanks. i'll have a
look at my inittab, but it seems to be ok, as switching ttys does atm
work.
tim
On Do, 29.07.2004, 00:18, Robert Goley sagte:
> 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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