Re: No CTRL-F1..F6 anymore

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Otto Wyss wrote:

> Since yesterday I install a new Debian/Sarge system and it's somehow
> working but after installing x-window and xfce I've lost CTRL-ALT F1..F6
> (resp. CTRL-F1..F2 in console). Does anyone know how that could happen,
> which package does this? How can I restore CTRL-F1..F6 again?
>
> O. Wyss
>
>  
These are generated by starting a getty (mgetty, etc) on the various 
terminals, in /etc/inittab, as in:

> # 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


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Kent