I tried reconfiguring package getty but was told that it is not installed and has no available information
So I did an apt-get install on it and was told that it existed in the database but had no available version. But that the package util-linux replaces it, and I have the latest version of that.
So I tried reconfiguring that but it ignored the command. Perhaps it did everything behind the scenes, so I just rebooted. But, no, the same problem exists.
The oddest thing about the whole thing is that when my blue/green screen comes up, I can’t just do ctrl-alt-F7 to get the login screen. I have to do ctr-alt-Fn, and then do ctrl-alt-F7 to get it. And then I log in to X, but am still unable to use the text consoles.
I’m using kernel 2.4.18-386. It tells me that getty doesn’t exist but that util-linux replaces it. Does that make sense? It’s definitely saying that I can’t install getty, but perhaps that’s because it’s supposed to be part of the kernel?
Any thoughts
alan
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This is way over my head, but it sounds like your choice of "getty" is broken?bad?
The process that should be listening for logins on consoles 1 through 6 is called getty, or mingetty, or some othe replacement
dpkg-reconfigure it?
It's definitely not an X problem, since you say that works.
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Message----- You were right. At least, sort of. When I did ctrl-alt-F1, I just got a blank, black screen. The same with ctrl-alt-F2 -> ctrl-alt-F6. But when I did ctrl-alt-F7, up popped the gnome login manager. I was then able to log in just fine and confirm I was running the new kernel.
So I tried rebooting to see if my problem was permanently cured, but it happened again, exactly the same way. And even after I had logged in, I was still unable to get to a text console with ctrl-alt-Fx.
Has anyone else ever noticed this problem. I don't see why it would be an x86-config4 problem as once I've logged in the mouse and key board work fine.
alan
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Is there any chance you were in TWM, Tim(Tom's?) Window Manager?
It's just a big blue screen, until you start clicking.
I'm no smart guy on kernel upgrades (I've never tried it via apt, for instance) but that blue color rings a bell.
The other suggestion is correct, type Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a console to see what is going on.
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Message----- I used apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-386 to update my kernel.
I added a line to lilo.conf regarding initrd=/initrd.img (or whatever it was that I was told to do while the new kernel was being installed). Everything went swimmingly. When I rebooted my system, I couldn't see any problems with the modules being loaded and the devices being checked. But, just as I was expecting it to offer me the graphical login screen, the whole screen went blank (not black though, it's cyan or turquoise or a bluey green or...).
I was able to reboot and then use LILO to boot my old kernel so everything is under control, but I'm not sure what I did wrong in the install. The instructions were pretty straightforward. /vmlinuz points to the new kernel. /vmlinuz.old points to the old one. It was all done for me during the install. In fact, the only thing I had to do was put the aforementioned line in lilo.conf
Any pointers would be appreciated...
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