Re: missing consoles
On Sunday 14 January 2001 23:31, Kent West wrote:
> Brendon 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?
> >>
> >> 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
> >
> > up to the letter. i believe the problem started when i changed the
> > default runlevel from
> >
> > id:2:initdefault:
> >
> > to
> >
> > id:5:initdefault:
> >
> > which would mean that theres a prob with /etc/rc5.d. (i'm new to debian
> > so i'm just guessing) that would make sense considering i've disabled 2
> > services. /etc/rc5.d/ls gives:
> >
> > S10sysklogd S20exim S20logoutd S20ssh S89cron S99rmnologin
> > S12kerneld S20gpm S20lpd S20xfs S98hwtools _S25nfs-server
> > S19nfs-common S20inetd S20makedev S89atd S99kdm _S99xdm
> >
> >
> > William Leese
>
> I wonder if something is dying during the running of these start-up
> scripts and S99rmnologin is never being reached. You might try running
> this script manually and see if that gives you your ttys.
ah, thanx Philippe..
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