Re: Switching from X to ttys
All right, here is how things behave:
* as a normal user (shan):
shan@coroico /dev > chvt 2
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
zsh: exit 1 chvt 2
shan@coroico /dev > chvt 1
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
zsh: exit 1 chvt 2
* as root things work just fine and from the tty I can change tty using
Ctrl+Al+Fn
Here an except from ls in /dev:
crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 2004-10-08 10:49 tty0
crw------- 1 shan tty 4, 1 2004-11-26 16:02 tty1
crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 2004-11-26 16:02 tty2
crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 2004-11-26 11:10 tty3
crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 2004-11-26 11:10 tty4
crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 2004-11-26 11:10 tty5
crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 2004-11-26 11:10 tty6
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 7 2004-11-26 16:02 tty7
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 8 2000-07-05 19:43 tty8
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 9 2000-07-05 19:43 tty9
Could it be that the permissions are not right ? But then why won't it work
while shan is the owner of tty1 ?
I've also taken a look in the XF86Config-4 file and haven't seen anything like
disabling that behavior. Any idea what it would look like ?
Any further idea ?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Shan
Selon Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>:
> 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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