Ah, so the virtual terminals were killed off by the time X came up. Thanks Ray
On 5/2/07, -ray <ray at ops.selu.edu> wrote: > > Worms, > > Sounds like the same problem i had. Getty's aren't being started on your > virtual terminals. I posted a fix here: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=424078 > > Apparently it's a known problem with converting some stuff in > /etc/inittab. > > --------------------- > Re: feisty boot problem > > The problem is with the 'Unknown stanza' error messages in event.d. A typo > prevents the getty's from starting on the virtual terminals. So you never > get a login prompt. > > Look at /etc/event.d/tty1. The 2 last lines should look like this: > > exec /sbin/getty 38400 tty1 > respawn > > > Notice the very very bad typos... i'm not sure how such a bug slipped > through. Fix it in the tty1 through tty6 files, reboot, and you should be > able to login. Perhaps someone can report this bug if it's not already > known. I haven't looked yet. > > I just upgraded from dapper to edgy to feist. Now on to the next problem > haha. > > ray > ------------------------- > > On Wed, 2 May 2007, worms wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Since fesity seems to be a popular tpici right now, maybe someone else > > has run across this too. > > > > I installed Kubuntu feisty last night and everything worked great out > > of the box except for a small problem with X. > > > > Whenever I logout / shutdown / crtl+alt+bksp I get black screen with > > just the cursor and the machine stays in that state until reset. > > Can't change to one of the virtual consoles or anything. > > > > Tonight I'm going to get SSH setup for remote login so I can > > investigate a little more. > > > > --Lance Lambert > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org > Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
