On Tue, 17 Jun 2008, Gaijin wrote: > Just did a tasksel install of the X11 desktop environment in > Debian Lenny, and everything was working fine until I rebooted. I was > left with the usually silent gdm screen, so had no idea what was happening, > and now I have access to only one text console now. Those F-wits at > Debian have really F'ed up my computer. Any Debian gurus out there know > how to make Debian respawn the normal number of text consoles, so I > don't have to do a full reinstall from Etch, a'la the Mickeysoft method? > I can't even consult a man page at the same time I'm working on > something any more. Why: does control-z no longer work to suspend? How about the screen program to have virtual virtual consoles? As for a solution: edit your /etc/inittab file, and add more consoles. At least, that's how it is done if you're not in an X environment. Luke
