Howdy, On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 03:38:14PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 07:08:49AM -0700, james gray wrote: > > Does any one know of - info source to set up virtual consoles in the > > network install of Debian Squeeze 6.0??? <snip> > > OK. You've been following a bit of a red-herring there, but that's only > to be expected. Virtual Terminals, themselves are controlled by the > kernel, but most relevant is the program that runs on the virtual > terminal and asks for your login details. This is called a "getty" and > is configured in /etc/inittab. You should see a series of lines such > as: > > 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 >
In addition to the excellent advice Darac gave if you're runnung without a GUi and don't want to have to login to each VT take a look at openvt. my /etc/inittab contains these lines: # one vt for root and one for mike. 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 # Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow). # sudo needed unless NOPASSWD:ALL in /etc/sudoers? kb::kbrequest:$( [ "id -u" -eq 0 ] && /bin/openvt -su || sudo /bin/openvt -su) This line allows me to open vts with a single keystroke without logging in to each one. HTH, Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121004183841.GA20216@playground