Re: virtual text consoles gone

[Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com>]

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:49:52 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty 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
>> hendrik@april:~$
> 
> Well, the kernel is out of date despite your regular upgrades.  I'm on
> etch and I'm at 2.6.18-6-amd64.
> 
> Try rebooting to single-user (no X) and then doing an update/upgrade
> cycle, then reboot.

I have been upgrading.  Could it be that three revisions of kernels have 
passed me by unnoticed without a reboot?  (I check /boot).  Nope.  Better 
investigate why I'm not getting the upgrades.

Thanks.

-- hendrik

> 
> Doug.