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Havin_it
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 Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:49 am Post subject: [SOLVED]Hey, where're my TTYs? |
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Hi all,
Something's been bothering me since installing Gentoo on a new machine last week. I did a normal following-the-manual ~x86 install, but for some reason I don't appear to have any TTYs running (apart from the one X is on, I guess) after logging into KDE.
Normally, i.e. on my other two older Gentoo machines, I'd look in the processlist and see 6/7 instances of agetty running. This isn't the case with the new box, and I assume this is why I can't VT-switch from inside KDE. I can get to a console from KDM using the menu-option or Alt+N, but I can't use the normal Ctrl+Alt+Fx combos from there, and to get *back* to KDM from this console I have to restart it manually. It did work *once* by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get back to KDM, but that doesn't seem to work any more?
If I don't start KDM, I have all the TTYs a man could want. What on earth is going on?
Here's my rc-update show in case you spot anything crucial I've left out:
| Code: | minime ~ # rc-update show
dbus | default
fsck | boot
mtab | boot
localmount | boot
local | nonetwork default
hald | default
vixie-cron | default
procfs | boot
xdm | default
devfs | sysinit
keymaps | boot
termencoding | boot
mount-ro | shutdown
killprocs | shutdown
swap | boot
syslog-ng | default
sysctl | boot
netmount | default
hwclock | boot
savecache | shutdown
root | boot
net.lo | boot
urandom | boot
checkumount | default
hostname | boot
bootmisc | boot
modules | boot
dmesg | sysinit
sshd | default
udev | sysinit
alsasound | boot
consolefont | boot
Note: "checkumount" is a script of my own, it just does some cryptsetup stuff
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Hope someone can solve this mystery and put my mind at rest!
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Roman_Gruber
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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I am just curious:
maye have a look at /etc/inittab
Does this also apply for running another de? |
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Havin_it
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Here's my inittab:
| Code: | # Default runlevel.
id:3:initdefault:
# System initialization, mount local filesystems, etc.
si::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit
# Further system initialization, brings up the boot runlevel.
rc::bootwait:/sbin/rc boot
l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown
l0s:0:wait:/sbin/halt -dhip
l1:S1:wait:/sbin/rc single
l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork
l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default
l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default
l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc default
l6:6:wait:/sbin/rc reboot
l6r:6:wait:/sbin/reboot -dk
#z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin
# new-style single-user
su0:S:wait:/sbin/rc single
su1:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
# TERMINALS
c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
# SERIAL CONSOLES
#s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100
#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS1 vt100
# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now
# Used by /etc/init.d/xdm to control DM startup.
# Read the comments in /etc/init.d/xdm for more
# info. Do NOT remove, as this will start nothing
# extra at boot if /etc/init.d/xdm is not added
# to the "default" runlevel.
x:a:once:/etc/X11/startDM.sh |
I don't have another desktop to test I'm afraid  |
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Havin_it
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Uh... oh. I just looked at my processlist, and now I actually do have the agettys running. And, indeed, I can vt-switch as much s my black heart desires!
I wonder what that was all about? |
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nixnut
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Other Things Gentoo.
not about getting gentoo installed, so moved here
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Havin_it
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Fair enough - my thinking was perhaps I'd done something wrong with the installation, but I guess we will never know now  |
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