yes - that was a working solution: I found the lines in /etc/udev/devfs.rules # tty devices KERNEL="tty[0-9]*", NAME="vc/%n" KERNEL="ttyS[0-9]*", NAME="tts/%n" KERNEL="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="tts/USB%n" KERNEL="rfcomm[0-9]*", NAME="bluetooth/rfcomm/%n" indicating the renaming of tty* to vc/*
so adding to /etc/udev/links.conf: L tty1 /dev/vc/1 L tty2 /dev/vc/2 L tty3 /dev/vc/3 L tty4 /dev/vc/4 L tty5 /dev/vc/5 L tty6 /dev/vc/6 got things working again. I am so relieved! thx a lot! Timo Reimerdes