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.