Re: virtual text consoles gone
On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:05:49 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 06:10:25PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
>> On 04 Apr 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote:
>> > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:26:02AM -0400, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com
>> > wrote:
>> > > On my AMD64 etch system, cntl-alt-F1 has stopped giving me a text
>> > > console a month or two ago. Now I haven't been doing anything much
>> > > to it excpet for regular upgrades, and the installation of an
>> > > ocasional new Debian package. Anyone have any ideas where to start
>> > > looking?
>> > >
>> > > hendrik@april:~$ uname -a
>> > > Linux april 2.6.18-3-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 17:04:37 CET 2006
>> > > x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> >
>> > $ uname -a
>> > Linux snoopy 2.6.24-1-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Mar 27 16:52:38 UTC 2008
>> > x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> >
>> > I had similar experience sometime ago. Then problem disapeared as I
>> > updated system. So if suggestion by others does not work, think
>> > about moing to a newer kernel in unstable.
>> >
>> > (But watch out. One kernel update caused me to loose my network
>> > device ue to kernel bug in unstable.)
>> >
>> >
>> That hasn't worked here for at least a year. And now I can't even close
>> X with ctrl-alt-del.
>
> How about "sudo chvt 1" to go to /dev/tty1
>
> Are you in unstable or testing?
I (the original poster) am using Debian 64-bit stable/etch on an AMD64.
-- hendrik
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