On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 13:01 -0500, Steve Kleene wrote: > I just did my first Debian install on a new desktop using the testing- > i386-netinst CD. The install completed and I have several problems to look > into. Here's the first. > > I am booting into runlevel 3, which I set to bring up a console instead of > gnome. This works, but I cannot bring up the usual virtual terminals 1-6 > (e.g. CTRL-ALT-F1). If I try, nothing at all happens. when i boot, the screen flickers when it is spawning the getty's. does your screen flicker when the boot message says it is spawning the getty's? have you modified /etc/inittab ? if you put in the install disc again, do the VC's work in the installer? -- Matt Zagrabelny - mzagrabe@d.umn.edu - (218) 726 8844 University of Minnesota Duluth Information Technology Systems & Services PGP key 1024D/84E22DA2 2005-11-07 Fingerprint: 78F9 18B3 EF58 56F5 FC85 C5CA 53E7 887F 84E2 2DA2 He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot
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