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alt+ctrl+f1 and other consoles not working??

alt+ctrl+f1 and other consoles not working??

2006-08-08       - By Salman Siddiqui

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hi everyone

I am using FC4

when I press ctrl+alt+f1 to ctrl+alt+f6 to get into other consoles the screen
goes black???
on pressing ctrl+alt+f7 brings the GUI back.

how to get to the other consoles???

below is the output of my /etc/inittab file!!!!




#
# inittab       This file describes how the INIT process should set up
#               the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Author:       Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@(protected)>
#               Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and Donnie Barnes
#

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#   1 - Single user mode
#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
#   3 - Full multiuser mode
#   4 - unused
#   5 - X11
#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:

# System initialization.
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6

# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes
# of power left.  Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now.
# This does, of course, assume you have powerd installed and your
# UPS connected and working correctly.
pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down"

# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it.
pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown Cancelled"


# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon


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hi everyone<BR>
<BR>
I am using FC4<BR>
<BR>
when I press ctrl+alt+f1 to ctrl+alt+f6 to get into other consoles the screen
goes black???<BR>
on pressing ctrl+alt+f7 brings the GUI back.<BR>
<BR>
how to get to the other consoles???<BR>
<BR>
below is the output of my /etc/inittab file!!!!<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
#<BR>
# inittab&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  This file describes how the INIT process should
set up<BR>
#&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  the system in a certain run
-level.<BR>
#<BR>
# Author:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Miquel van Smoorenburg, &lt;miquels@(protected)
.mugnet.org&gt;<BR>
#&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Modified for RHS Linux by
Marc Ewing and Donnie Barnes<BR>
#<BR>
<BR>
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:<BR>
#&nbsp;  0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)<BR>
#&nbsp;  1 - Single user mode<BR>
#&nbsp;  2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have
networking)<BR>
#&nbsp;  3 - Full multiuser mode<BR>
#&nbsp;  4 - unused<BR>
#&nbsp;  5 - X11<BR>
#&nbsp;  6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)<BR>
#<BR>
id:5:initdefault:<BR>
<BR>
# System initialization.<BR>
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit<BR>
<BR>
l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0<BR>
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1<BR>
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2<BR>
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3<BR>
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4<BR>
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5<BR>
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6<BR>
<BR>
# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE<BR>
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now<BR>
<BR>
# When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes<BR>
# of power left.&nbsp; Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now.<BR>
# This does, of course, assume you have powerd installed and your<BR>
# UPS connected and working correctly.<BR>
pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 &quot;Power Failure; System Shutting Down
&quot;<BR>
<BR>
# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it.<BR>
pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c &quot;Power Restored; Shutdown Cancelled
&quot;<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
# Run gettys in standard runlevels<BR>
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1<BR>
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2<BR>
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3<BR>
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4<BR>
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5<BR>
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6<BR>
<BR>
# Run xdm in runlevel 5<BR>
x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon<BR>

</P>


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