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I am using Sllackware 13 64, with fluxbox. I do not have KDE installed. I start X, and I am unable to switch to vt6. I looked at the default inittab, and I should indeed be able to switch to vt6.
using ctrl + alt + F6 does nothing. How would I find out why this is and repair it?
Also, in the default inittab file, can someone explain the message about the problem with runlevel 4 and the loadavg?
using ctrl + alt + F6 does nothing. How would I find out why this is and repair it?
The only thing I know that can stop Ctrl+Alt+Fn from switching out of X to a console (regardless of whether an actual 'agetty' is running there) is 'Option "DontVTSwitch" "On"' in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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Also, in the default inittab file, can someone explain the message about the problem with runlevel 4 and the loadavg?
I think that message has been there forever, and I don't know if it is still true (that running xdm with no console windows available will put the init process into a CPU-bound loop). Regardless, it costs nothing and is very handy to have one or more console logins available while running X.
The only thing I know that can stop Ctrl+Alt+Fn from switching out of X to a console (regardless of whether an actual 'agetty' is running there) is 'Option "DontVTSwitch" "On"' in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I should have mentioned, I tried without an xorg.conf and it did not work, and I tried with an xorg. conf from the xorg-skel package, and that option was explicitly set to off, and still no luck.
Would you like to share /etc/inittab's agetty lines with us?
It is exactly the same as the default slackware13 64 install. I have not editied that file not installed any programs, and upon viewing with less I can see that vt 6 should indeed be enabled when X is started.
Do your function keys work at all for anything else?
Adam
Dang, I can't test that at the moment, as I am away from home. ctrl + alt keys are both working perfectly.
If my function keys were for some reason not working, what would the cause be?
I a brittish keyboard, and I note that my alt gr key does nto work, to use euro symbol for example. However, this should not affect the function keys, as they are the same on every keyboard.
It is exactly the same as the default slackware13 64 install. I have not editied that file not installed any programs, and upon viewing with less I can see that vt 6 should indeed be enabled when X is started.
How does /etc/inittab show that vt 6 should be enabled when X is started? Or do you mean when runlevel 4 is started?
The default Slackware 13.0 32-bit /etc/inittab disables all the virtual terminals in runlevel 4 while enabling them in runlevels 1, 2, 3 and 5.
No it doesn't. The default Slackware 13 /etc/inittab enables vt6 in runlevel 4.
It may be a difference between 32-bit and 64-bit. Here are the relevant lines from the 32-bit default inittab
Code:
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
It may be a difference between 32-bit and 64-bit. Here are the relevant lines from the 32-bit default inittab
Code:
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
I just pulled sysvinit-scripts-1.2-noarch-30.txz off my 32 bit slackware 13 DVD:
Code:
[adamk@camaris ~]$ xz -d sysvinit-scripts-1.2-noarch-30.txz
[adamk@camaris ~]$ tar xvf sysvinit-scripts-1.2-noarch-30.tar etc/inittab.new
etc/inittab.new
[adamk@camaris ~]$ grep agetty etc/inittab.new
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
#d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS0 vt100
#d2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1 vt100
In any case, this part of the discussion is irrelevant. Even if there is no getty process running on vt6 for the OP, hitting control+alt+f6 should at least switch him out of X, but even that isn't happening according to his description:
So according to catkins inittab, 32bit slackware does not have vt6 by default, while slackware 64 does? I am using slackware 64, and while I cannot say for 100%, I do recall checking my inittab and seeing it exactly as BrianL's looks.
edit: nevermind
Adam, that is correct.
I originally tried switching to vt'S 1, 2 or 3,, which did nothing. Upon learning that vt6 was the only vt enabled by default, i tried switching to this, which also did nothing. holding ctrl + alt + any one of the function key is completley eventless.
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