[NCLUG] strange TTY problems

[Benson Chow]

are the corresponding getty/login running on those virtual terminals?

does /dev/tty[135]... exist?

that's a weird problem indeed...

On 8 Jun 2003, Daniel Miles wrote:

> For some reason my odd-numbered TTY's are not working... When I hit
> alt-F1 (or any other odd-numbered F-key for that matter) nothing happens
> but the evens (alt-F2 or any even F-key) seem to work fine.
>
> I've checked my /etc/inittab file and everything seems to be in order
> there (meaning it looks like everybody elses I've checked):
> 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
>
> I also thought that maybe my keyboard wasn't working but I checked all
> those F-keys and the alt key under xev and they all report normally...
>
>
> Does anybody have any idea what I might do (or what I might read) to fix
> it?