Re: Switching from X to ttys
At Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:35:41 +0100,
Shan Mignot wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> For some time now I have not been able to switch to other ttys. Pressing
> Ctrl-Alt-F1 ... F6 simply does not result in anything. I've seen somewhere that
> it may be related to the console-tools, console-data and console-common packages
> but I have no idea how. Looking at my /etc/inittab, I don't see any reason why
> switching should not work and beside, if I kill gdm then several ttys exist and
> I can switch between them as of old.
>
Try as a start to do "chvt 1" and see if that switches (just to make sure it
works).
Its also possible to disable that behavier in XF86Config-4, could it be that you
disabled it?
> Any Idea ?
>
> Shan
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> # /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
> # $Id: inittab,v 1.8 1998/05/10 10:37:50 miquels Exp $
>
> # The default runlevel.
> id:2:initdefault:
>
> # Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
> # This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
> si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
>
> # What to do in single-user mode.
> ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
>
> # /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
> # of runlevel.
> #
> # Runlevel 0 is halt.
> # Runlevel 1 is single-user.
> # Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
> # Runlevel 6 is reboot.
>
> l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
> l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
> l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
> l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
> l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
> l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
> l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
> # Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency.
> z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin
>
> # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
> #ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
>
> # Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow).
> kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this work."
>
> # What to do when the power fails/returns.
> pf::powerwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail start
> pn::powerfailnow:/etc/init.d/powerfail now
> po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop
>
> # /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
> #
> # The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
> # characters of the device (after "tty").
> #
> # Format:
> # <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
> 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
>
> # Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
> #
> #T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
> #T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
>
> # Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
> #
> #T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3
>
>
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