Thanks Mike , that is a bit thick for me. On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Mike McClain <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121004183841.GA20216@playground > >
