From: George-Cristian Bîrzan on
On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 10:44 -0500, John W Foster wrote:
> inittab [B---] 26 L:[ 1+21 22/ 70] *(553 /2008b) 0010 0x00A
> # /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
> # $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $
>
> # The default runlevel.
> id:2:initdefault:
>
> # Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
> # This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
> si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
>
> # What to do in single-user mode.
> ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
>
> # /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
> # of runlevel.
> #
> # Runlevel 0 is halt.
> # Runlevel 1 is single-user.
> # Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
> # Runlevel 6 is reboot.
>
> l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0


Are you sure that's the whole file?

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From: Andrei Popescu on
On Vi, 06 aug 10, 14:07:43, John W Foster wrote:
> Just got my new AMD 64 bit system to working well. Still have an issue
> with NO CONSOLES using F1 F2 etc. I really miss this ability using
> testing dist. I am VERY used to using a console screen to manage my
> system. Something has disabled thosr consoles. Any tips to correct are
> appreciated.

What do you get if you run 'chvt 1' as root?

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Andrei
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From: John W Foster on
Good catch!!

This is the entire file. I pulled it up & opened with gedit.

# /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
# $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $

# The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:

# Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
# This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS

# What to do in single-user mode.
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin

# /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
# of runlevel.
#
# Runlevel 0 is halt.
# Runlevel 1 is single-user.
# Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
# Runlevel 6 is reboot.

l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
# Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency.
z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

# Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow).
#kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let
this work."

# What to do when the power fails/returns.
pf::powerwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail start
pn::powerfailnow:/etc/init.d/powerfail now
po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop

# /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
#
# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
# characters of the device (after "tty").
#
# Format:
# <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
#
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run
X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

# Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
#
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3

From: Arthur Machlas on
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Vi, 06 aug 10, 14:07:43, John W Foster wrote:
>> Just got my new AMD 64 bit system to working well. Still have an issue
>> with NO CONSOLES using F1 F2 etc. I really miss this ability using
>> testing dist. I am VERY used to using a console screen to manage my
>> system. Something has disabled thosr consoles. Any tips to correct are
>> appreciated.
>
> What do you get if you run 'chvt 1' as root?
>

/etc/inittab looks good, what about the contents of /etc/default/console-setup?


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From: Tom H on
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:48 AM, John W Foster <jfoster81747(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:49 -0500, Arthur Machlas wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Vi, 06 aug 10, 14:07:43, John W Foster wrote:
>> >> Just got my new AMD 64 bit system to working well. Still have an issue
>> >> with NO CONSOLES using F1 F2 etc.
>> >
>> > What do you get if you run 'chvt 1' as root?
>>
>> /etc/inittab looks good, what about the contents of /etc/default/console-setup?
>
> There is no file by that name.

Then check
/etc/console-tools/config
or
/etc/kbd/config
although I thought that Squeeze defaulted to console-setup.

IIRC, you had posted earlier that Ubuntu 9.10 on the same box didn't
have any consoles either and my only puzzling/disturbing thought is
that udev isn't creating tty's for either Debian or Ubuntu....


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