Re: no virtual terminals after fresh etch install

[Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu>]

On Monday 15 January 2007 19:01, I wrote:
>> I just did my first Debian install on a new desktop using the testing-
>> i386-netinst CD.  ...  I cannot bring up the usual virtual terminals 1-6
>> (e.g. CTRL-ALT-F1).  If I try, nothing at all happens.

On Mon Jan 15 13:15:38 2007, Andrei wrote:

> What changes did you make to runlevel 3?

Just one: I removed /etc/rc3.d/S21gdm.  And I set initdefault to 3 in
/etc/inittab.

I forgot to mention that processes are running for tty[2-5], e.g.

  /sbin/getty 38400 tty2

Thanks.