Switching between TTY screens
I am unable to switch between the various TTY screens. i dont see that I am using the wrong keys or sequence but it wont take for some reason I dont quite understand. My /etc/init file is below though.. maybe someone can see something?
# # inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up # the system in a certain run-level. # # Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@drinkel.nl.mugnet.org> # Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and Donnie Barnes # # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by Mandriva Linux are: # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # 1 - Single user mode # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode # 4 - unused # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # id:5:initdefault: # System initialization. si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0 l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1 l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2 l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3 l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4 l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5 l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6 # Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now # When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes # of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now. # This does, of course, assume you have powerd installed and your # UPS connected and working correctly. pf:owerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down" # If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it. pr:12345owerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown Cancelled" # 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 # Single user mode ~~:S:wait:/bin/sh |
Hya,
Can you describe what you did? (instead of you did correct) Otherwise we do not have clue. Happy Penguins! |
Um...well I tried control-alt-f1 thru f5.
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Check that you have /sbin/mingetty I don't known Mandriva, but some changes are in new distros, check if you have directory /etc/event.d or /etc/init
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hm.. I dont seem to have an event.d OR etc/init...
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Check with ps command that these consoles are really started, for example:
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Can you please post the contents of /etc/securetty ?
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In response to eSelix... I did the command ps -A | grep tty and it returned tty1 through tty6 as running, each showing process ID numbers. So that makes me think that the command keystroke I am attempting isnt working? Or correct?
Here is my securetty file. tty0 tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6 vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 vc/4 vc/5 vc/6 That was all it had in it |
Check that you don't have enabled option "DontVTSwitch" in file "xorg.conf".
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No I dont see it in there. Here is the file contents though, in case it maybe will help?
# File generated by XFdrake (rev ) # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontZap" "False" # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "v4l" # Video for Linux EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "vmmouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "Flat Panel 1440x900" HorizSync 31.5-56.0 VertRefresh 56.0-65.0 # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1440x900_120" 229.75 1440 1552 1712 1984 900 901 904 965 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1440x900_100" 187.55 1440 1544 1704 1968 900 901 904 953 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1440x900_85" 156.79 1440 1536 1696 1952 900 901 904 945 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1440x900_75" 136.49 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 901 904 940 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1440x900_60" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1440x900_50" 87.41 1440 1512 1664 1888 900 901 904 926 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_120" 181.21 1280 1376 1520 1760 800 801 804 858 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_100" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_85" 123.38 1280 1368 1504 1728 800 801 804 840 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_75" 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_50" 68.56 1280 1336 1472 1664 800 801 804 824 -HSync +Vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "VMware" BoardName "VMware virtual video card" Driver "vmware" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" EndSection As a side note though, I installed an image of Fedora right? AND Haiku and when I tried switching console display modes in them I was unable to. Could there be an issue with using that function within VMWare? |
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ohh.. do you happen to KNOW what <host key> it owuld be?
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In virtualbox the default "host" key is the right CTRL key, in VMWare it's CTRL-ALT.
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wow so strange.. i tried that combination for vmware.. it still wont switch. I think its vmware though.. i mean seriously... multiple linux distros cant ALL have the same issue happening right?
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