On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:51:38 +0200 Andrew Langdon-Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good morning, > > Following is from /etc/inittab on a client running Slackware-9.0. > > # These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode: > c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux > c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux > c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux > c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux > c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux > c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux > c7:12345:respawn:/usr/X11/bin/XFree86 -query 192.168.0.1 :1 vt08 > > The last line is added by me. Sure enough, I get a display on vt08 > from the server, which is running Mandrake-9.2. So far, so good. The > two things I cannot work out, however many times I re-read man > inittab, are I guess you are using init 4 as default > 1. How do I stop the local X system from giving me a > login screen? (it comes up on vt02) You are defaulting to init 4, which executes /etc/rc.d/rc.4 change your default init to 3 in inittab file. id:3:initdefault: > 2. Why have I not got any text consoles? (they are all just black with > a blinking cursor). As you are in init 4, that is normal. Look at the above lines c1:1235:resp..... ^^^ it does not have an "init 4" definition. Either add a 4 there, or switch to init 3. -- Onur Kucuk Knowledge speaks, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> but wisdom listens - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs