Re: [SLUG] Can't switch out of X

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On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 04:32:33PM -0400, Eric Jahn wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 16:04 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
>
> > How would I go about setting, say, "Alt-G" to go to virtual console
> > number 3?
>
> Just curious, what does your /etc/inittab file say?
> Mine has these lines to set up the consoles:
> __________
> 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
> __________
>
> X uses tty7

Mine has similar, but 10 consoles instead. More like:

5:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5

This is Debian Sarge, and I always modify inittab on every machine I
work on. X runs on tty11.

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