Re: missing consoles

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

William Leese wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> for some reason i can only use one console. when i <alt> <ctrl> <F=>2> i get 
> a blank screen with a blinking cursor. 
>
> only one getty is started (checked process') after boot (init 5). anyone know 
> a solution?
>
> William Leese

Do you have some lines similar to this in your /etc/inittab file? If 
not, I think that may be the problem. But then, I'm no expert.

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