[NCLUG] strange TTY problems

[Daniel Miles]

/dev/tty[1,3,5] do exist (at least they don't error when I redirect an
`echo testing` to them) and as a matter of fact, when the machine boots,
it starts up using tty1 but if I switch from that I can never get back
to it...

Can anybody think what the problem is?

On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 11:40, Benson Chow wrote:
> 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?
> 
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