[SLE] xfree86 4.0.1 & virtual consoles
I don't know how I managed it, but several days after installing 4.0.1 i had recourse to switch to Console 1, I duly pressed CTL, ALT F1 and a blank screen - strange I thought, CTL ALT F7 back again ... no way - ended up with the big switch... I cannot see what I have done wrong, the only thing I was thinking about was SuSEconfig, ran that and now it works alright.. I know that init is checked in config and I suppose that as I didn't use Sax2 or whatever for my x install that it didn't update properly.... might be one to check if your doing this... One more thing, in my etc/inittab, it has 1:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1 2:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 what does the --noclear bit do ? I tried man inittab but it failed to shed any light on the affair. regards Pete -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Pete Atkinson wrote:
One more thing, in my etc/inittab, it has
1:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
what does the --noclear bit do ? I tried man inittab but it failed to shed any light on the affair.
--noclear simply means that the screen should not be blanked before you're prompted for a login on tty1. This is set on tty1 to let you look at the bootup messages before you log in (unless you use xdm or similar). The rest of the ttys do not have this, so they all start with a blank screen and they all blank the screen when you log out. Regards Ole -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
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