unable to switch to tty

virusso80 · 2010-12-30 08:08:14

Hi all,
after putting my system in hybernate mode, i realized something went wrong. I'm not able to switch to tty anymore by pressing ctrl-alt-fx (x=1..6).

I also noticed that boot and close messages don't appear anymore.

What can i do?

Thanks in advance

MadTux · 2010-12-30 08:49:13

Just for clarification, does switching to tty work on a freshly booted system and the problems start to appear after hibernation takes place?

virusso80 · 2010-12-30 10:55:26

MadTux wrote:

Just for clarification, does switching to tty work on a freshly booted system and the problems start to appear after hibernation takes place?

no, since that first time i hybernated the system, i'm not able anymore to switch to tty!

NOTE: i just closed the screen of my laptop, i checked right now and it seems to be "suspended" and NOT "hibernated". I don't know if cares.

Last edited by virusso80 (2010-12-30 10:58:45)

Misfit138 · 2010-12-30 13:43:21

I recently had a similar issue. Perhaps the thread will help you troubleshoot a bit deeper.
Hope it helps.

virusso80 · 2010-12-31 08:22:27

Misfit138 wrote:

I recently had a similar issue. Perhaps the thread will help you troubleshoot a bit deeper.
Hope it helps.

Thanks misfit for the suggestion. I checked alsa and it is running correctly. Moreover i'm not able to see any boot/shutdown msgs!

By the way I was trying to understand something reading logs in /var/logs, but i'm not able to find anything that seems to be useful. Can you please suggest what to look for...just to retrieve useful information?

Thanks

MadTux · 2010-12-31 17:01:25

I would start by looking into the "pm-" files in /var/log since these contain messages specific to suspend/hibernate/resume.

Misfit138 · 2011-01-01 01:43:48

virusso80 wrote:

Misfit138 wrote:
I recently had a similar issue. Perhaps the thread will help you troubleshoot a bit deeper.
Hope it helps.
Thanks misfit for the suggestion. I checked alsa and it is running correctly. Moreover i'm not able to see any boot/shutdown msgs!
By the way I was trying to understand something reading logs in /var/logs, but i'm not able to find anything that seems to be useful. Can you please suggest what to look for...just to retrieve useful information?
Thanks

Hmmm... No, I was not expecting you to have the identical issue (alsa daemon not initializing properly, thereby inittab not completing). I was merely trying to give you some useful commands to see if the ttys are being created, if they are spawning, if you can manually spawn them, etc..

virusso80 · 2011-01-01 10:23:43

Misfit138 wrote:

Hmmm... No, I was not expecting you to have the identical issue (alsa daemon not initializing properly, thereby inittab not completing). I was merely trying to give you some useful commands to see if the ttys are being created, if they are spawning, if you can manually spawn them, etc..

Yes , i got your point...but i'm unable to spawn ttys. I verified what you did by yourself and seems to be ok. When i press ctr-alt-f1-6 i can only see a black screen!

Last edited by virusso80 (2011-01-01 10:24:04)

virusso80 · 2011-01-26 11:54:47

Hi guys...it's very annoying i'm still not able to see boot scripts, tty, etc.

I was wondering to reinstall the system. Do i need to perform a full installation? I think is a xorg problem...but i'm not able to find it out.

Thanks

Mr Green · 2011-01-26 12:03:37

Grab Arch live cd chroot in and fix the problem, no real need to reinstall

Do you see grub come up on screen?

virusso80 · 2011-01-26 12:06:04

Mr Green wrote:

Grab Arch live cd chroot in and fix the problem, no real need to reinstall
Do you see grub come up on screen?

Hi Mr Green,
i don't knwo what to fix. My system is workin well...the probelm is that i can't see any TTY and both boot and shutdown scripts (i can only see black screen)

Any other idea?

Mr Green · 2011-01-26 12:14:50

If you are talking about boot up messages and shutdown scripts then you may have wrong display mode set in grub [or even hidden]

Most TTY access is Ctrl + Alt + F(1-6)

Sorry cannot be any more help

virusso80 · 2011-01-26 12:49:58

Mr Green wrote:

If you are talking about boot up messages and shutdown scripts then you may have wrong display mode set in grub [or even hidden]
Most TTY access is Ctrl + Alt + F(1-6)
Sorry cannot be any more help

Thanks...

1. GRUB: What should i check in grub? NOTE: i can see grub at boot, is there any option to check?
2. TTY: Ctrl + Alt + F(1-6) gives me only black screen. Is there anything to check?

Thanks in advance

Arch Linux

#1 2010-12-30 08:08:14

unable to switch to tty

#2 2010-12-30 08:49:13

Re: unable to switch to tty

#3 2010-12-30 10:55:26

Re: unable to switch to tty

#4 2010-12-30 13:43:21

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#5 2010-12-31 08:22:27

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#6 2010-12-31 17:01:25

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#7 2011-01-01 01:43:48

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#8 2011-01-01 10:23:43

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