Ankur Check your /etc/inittab file and verify that the following lines are not commented:
# Run gettys in standard runlevels 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 This specifies the "/sbin/mingetty" program to run on 6 different terminals for runlevels 2 through 5. This means that you can run 6 virtual terminals from your keyboard simultaneously by pressing "ALT-F1" through "ALT-F6" I hope I have the correct understanding of your issue. HTH, --Sanvir On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 Ankur Rohatgi wrote : >Hi all, >i have a peculiar problem, i am using Mandrake 10.1 Official and though the >GDM loads up perfectly and i am able to login, i cant login through the >terminal. I tried Alt-F1,F2 ... etc but i keep coming up with blank screens. >The first one does display the boot messages but it should then give me a >login prompt which it doesnt. > >If i login through the gdm then when i switch to the terminals i can then see >the login prompts. > >what could the problem be ? > >- Ankur. > >_______________________________________________ >ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org >http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi >http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
