Re: no virtual terminals after fresh etch install
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 15:13:59 2007, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> 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?
I never see it flicker. I also didn't catch any message about spawning the
gettys. They go by pretty fast. I didn't see anything in dmesg or
/var/log/messages either.
> have you modified /etc/inittab ?
I just made one change, changing initdefault from 2 to 3. I removed
/etc/rc3.d/S21gdm so that runlevel 3 comes up as a console.
> if you put in the install disc again, do the VC's work in the installer?
No. F1, etc, by themselves give the help menus at the boot prompt. At no
point, though, does CTRL-ALT-Fn give a virtual terminal.
Thanks.
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