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#1 2009-08-05 22:26:08

algorythm
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[Solved] cannot access ttys (Ctrl + Alt + F1-F7)

When I press Ctrl + Alt + F1 I just get this error (Ctrl + Alt + F2 brings me back):

:: Loading Initramfs
commandline read: splashy
commandline read: boot
waiting 90 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/e289..[numbers]..311 ...

... When pressing Ctrl + Alt + F3-F7 I just get blank screen.

Here's the output of ps a:

[det@myhost ~]$ ps a
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
 2183 tty2     Ss+    3:10 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth
14044 pts/0    Ss     0:00 bash
14046 pts/0    R+     0:00 ps a

Last edited by algorythm (2009-08-06 13:05:59)


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#2 2009-08-05 23:03:26

fukawi2
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Re: [Solved] cannot access ttys (Ctrl + Alt + F1-F7)

Have you upgraded recently? Could this be related:
http://www.archlinux.org/news/454/

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#3 2009-08-06 11:48:01

algorythm
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Re: [Solved] cannot access ttys (Ctrl + Alt + F1-F7)

Ii guess that is.. yikes. See my both (/etc/)inittab(.pacsave) files look exactly the same:

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)    Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/6 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

# End of file

I guess I need to change the vc/s to ttys?

Like this?:

c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux

Edit: Yeah, thanks man.

Edit 2: Later on I also edited /etc/rc.sysinit the same way

Last edited by algorythm (2009-08-07 22:58:15)


“Talent you can bloom. Instinct you can polish.”  — Haikyuu!! (adapted)
“If everybody thought alike, no one would be thinking very much.”  — Walter Lippmann (adapted)
“The important thing is to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”  — Charles Dubois

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