Re: No Consoles???

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 08/10/2010 10:48 AM, John W Foster wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:49 -0500, Arthur Machlas wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Andrei Popescu<andreimpopescu@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > > On Vi, 06 aug 10, 14:07:43, John W Foster wrote:
> > > > Just got my new AMD 64 bit system to working well. Still have an issue
> > > > with NO CONSOLES using F1 F2 etc. I really miss this ability using
> > > > testing dist. I am VERY used to using a console screen to manage my
> > > > system. Something has disabled thosr consoles. Any tips to correct are
> > > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > What do you get if you run 'chvt 1' as root?
> >
> > /etc/inittab looks good, what about the contents of /etc/default/console-setup?
> ---------------------------
> There is no file by that name.

Do
dpkg -l console-setup
if you don't have it installed, install it.

HTH
Wayne