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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Do you have another keyboard you could hook up? It sounds like you've gone through the obvious stuff. Maybe the keyboard is fried?</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Daniel Miles [<A HREF="mailto:dmiles@holly.colostate.edu">mailto:dmiles@holly.colostate.edu</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 4:22 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: nclug@nclug.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [NCLUG] strange TTY problems</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>/dev/tty[1,3,5] do exist (at least they don't error when I redirect an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>`echo testing` to them) and as a matter of fact, when the machine boots,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it starts up using tty1 but if I switch from that I can never get back</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to it...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Can anybody think what the problem is?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 11:40, Benson Chow wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> are the corresponding getty/login running on those virtual terminals?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> does /dev/tty[135]... exist?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> that's a weird problem indeed...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On 8 Jun 2003, Daniel Miles wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > For some reason my odd-numbered TTY's are not working... When I hit</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > alt-F1 (or any other odd-numbered F-key for that matter) nothing happens</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > but the evens (alt-F2 or any even F-key) seem to work fine.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I've checked my /etc/inittab file and everything seems to be in order</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > there (meaning it looks like everybody elses I've checked):</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I also thought that maybe my keyboard wasn't working but I checked all</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > those F-keys and the alt key under xev and they all report normally...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Does anybody have any idea what I might do (or what I might read) to fix</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > it?</FONT>
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