On 04/08/2011 03:41 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:38 PM, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> with fc14, have not been able to to switch >> to the text console by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 >> or F3 ...etc, even after latest updates, >> >> What is the config file that controls that behavior?? > Check with ps whether the gettys are running. > > The files that set them up and launch them are > "/etc/init/start-ttys.conf" and "/etc/init/tty.conf". I do not see anything in those files for me to config. Could my problem be more gnome related or Xserver related? # ps -ef | grep getty root 1947 1 0 11:50 tty2 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty2 root 1949 1 0 11:50 tty3 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty3 root 1952 1 0 11:50 tty4 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty4 root 1954 1 0 11:50 tty5 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5 root 1956 1 0 11:50 tty6 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty6 # cat /etc/init/start-ttys.conf # # This service starts the configured number of gettys. start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345] env ACTIVE_CONSOLES=/dev/tty[1-6] env X_TTY=/dev/tty1 task script . /etc/sysconfig/init for tty in $(echo $ACTIVE_CONSOLES) ; do [ "$RUNLEVEL" = "5" -a "$tty" = "$X_TTY" ] && continue initctl start tty TTY=$tty done end script # cat /etc/init/tty.conf # tty - getty # # This service maintains a getty on the specified device. stop on runlevel [016] respawn instance $TTY exec /sbin/mingetty $TTY -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines