Re: missing consoles

[Defresne Sylvain <sylvain.defresne@enst-bretagne.fr>]

* Kent West (westk@acu.edu) 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
       ^^
    runlevels in which getty will be started

	So the 5 above lines indicates that getty is started on tty[2-6]
	only in runlevels 2 and 3, while it is started in runlevels 2,
	3, 4 and 5 on tty1.

	If you want getty to be started on tty[1-6] in runlevels 2 to 5,
	you need to changes these lines to :

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

> > up to the letter. i believe the problem started when i changed the
> > default runlevel from 
> > 
> > id:2:initdefault: 
> > 
> > to
> > 
> > id:5:initdefault: 

	Right, you're problem is coming from here. This is not a problem
	caused by the scripts but by inittab.

Bye
-- 
DEFRESNE Sylvain