On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Sep 1999, Ted Gervais wrote:
> > My consoles available to me are f1 to f6. I amended my inittab file to
> > add f7 to f12 and while those consoles are now there I can't log into
> > them . I enter root and it wants a password, which I enter and it fails.
> > Yet, that same password works ok in consoles f1 to f6.
> >
> > This is kernel 2.2.12 so I guess it has something to do with the new
> > kernel. Any thoughts on how to get those extra consoles to work?
> >
> I don't know if this has been covered later on today (I got this
> message this morning, but haven't had a chance to reply until now
> <G>) but consles f7+ are for X-consoles, primarily. THAT is probably
> why you can't log into 'em. F7 console is your first X-console. When
> you start up X-Windows, it starts up on console F7.
>
Not exactly. X takes the first free console. It usually happens to be the
7th, but it can just as well be the 24th (right alt F12).
Frank
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