Switching To Console With CTRL+ALT+F2

Chryzmo · 03-11-2004, 10:24 PM

Heyas,

I recently switched from Mandrake 9.2 to Slackware 9.1. I am liking it a lot mroe now. However, I was wondering if there was a way to get it so that when I hit CTRL+ALT+F(1-6) I can switch to a console, like how it worked in Mandrake? Right now if I hit CTRL+ALT+F2 it takes me to a blank screen with a single blinking cursor at the top left. How do I set it so that when I switch to that screen it will have a log on screen so I could log on as another user and do whatever?

Thanks,
Chris

carboncopy · 03-11-2004, 10:32 PM

Assuming that you are not in xwindows environment.

Then the command is Alt+F1 for tty1, Alt+F2 for tty2 and so on. In xwindow, just start the console terminal.

slakmagik · 03-12-2004, 05:33 AM

You need to edit /etc/inittab to open the other terminals while in X. However, if you hit Ctrl-Alt-F6, you should have one open.

flyfishin · 03-12-2004, 06:33 PM

It sounds like you have your machine booting to runlevel 4. When you boot to runlevel 4 you only get one console. I remember seeing the reason posted somewhere but can't remember where. The comment may even be in the /etc/inittab file. As digiot says that one console should be on console 6.

medusa · 03-13-2004, 08:40 PM

Hi Chryzmo,

this thread should answer your question

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...t=console+tty6

cheers
medusa