[NCLUG] strange TTY problems

[Daniel Miles]

Yeah, actually... that was a good idea.

I put in the other keyboard and it works fine, which is a shame because
the first keyboard was one of those really nice ones that are split down
the middle for wrist-comfort. :(

Thanks for the tip. :)

On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 09:08, Carl Streeter wrote:
> Do you have another keyboard you could hook up?  It sounds like you've
> gone through the obvious stuff.  Maybe the keyboard is fried?
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Miles [mailto:dmiles at holly.colostate.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 4:22 PM
> To: nclug at nclug.org
> Subject: Re: [NCLUG] strange TTY problems
> 
> 
> /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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