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Old 02-06-2011, 03:42 PM   #1
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Consoles don't display any output


Hello,

I am using a 64-bit Slackware 13.1 distro (I chose 64 by mistake, to be honest, as I know there's less trouble with a 32-bit distro) and I have some problems with my consoles (in text mode). After changing the runlevel in ininittab to graphic mode (4), I can't enter any of my consoles. Actually, only ctrl+alt F1 shows some output, regarding the graphic mode (I'm currently using KDE4, the default for slackware 13.1) and F6 is the only normal consoles I have access to. However, if I log out and log in (with another user, maybe) there's no output anywhere (not on F1, neither on F6).
What could be the cause? Can anyone help?
 
Old 02-06-2011, 04:21 PM   #2
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This comes up often. In runlevel 4 the only getty process (login prompt) started is on ctrl-alt-f6. If you want to add it to the other vitrual consoles you'll have to edit your /etc/inittab file (it's fairly obvious what needs changing if you look what's already in there).
 
  


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