Redhat terminal problem

saicharan · 04-21-2009, 04:05 AM

Hi,

This is my first post in this forum.I have dual boot in my system.One is windows xp and another is Redhat 9 release.

my system is showing abnormal behaviour.When I boot in to linux.It is going fine.But when I opened up the terminal , it is just a blank screen i.e no host name( newbie.linuxx$]) , and key board also non responisve.

Can any body tell me how to fix this issue.Any helps are apriciated.
Thanks in advance.

Libu · 04-21-2009, 04:25 AM

I assume you are talking about the virtual terminals ?
Did you try all possible terminals Alt+Ctrl F1 to Alt+Ctrl F6 ? One of them should give you the terminal.

You can check the /etc/inittab file. It should contain some entries like:

Quote:

# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

saicharan · 04-21-2009, 04:38 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.Yes I tried Alt+Ctrl F1 to Alt+Ctrl F6.They are ok.And also inittab contains the tty inormation.In GUI login ,If I open the terminal window, it is just a blank screen, as I mentioned in previous.

Regards

Libu · 04-21-2009, 04:52 AM

Oh ok, the gnome-terminal then.

Could you give more details.
Do you see the menu bar ? Is there a cursor ? Did you try changing the colors ? Is this the first time you are opening the terminal ?

saicharan · 04-21-2009, 05:08 AM

Hi,

Yes it is gnome-terminal

. Yes menu bar is there.it is not first time opening the terminal.I have worked many times.But recently my XP has shown some problems,after that when I boot in to linux,and opening the terimal,nothing ,just blank.No I have not chnaged the colors.I will try.