From: atristan@galaxy.ucr.edu (Andrew Tristan) Subject: Switching vc's results in lockup? Date: 4 Apr 1993 00:15:38 GMT
When I try to switch away from the first vc, my machine seems to
lock up. The only thing that will get it going again is that
little red button on the front of my case.
I tried running doshell on an unused tty, but the result was the
same; I suppose that means that getty isn't the problem? I also
checked permissions on the tty? files in /dev, but that didn't
seem to be the problem either, /dev/console is set up properly,
as is /dev/tty. The other vc's do show the login prompt, and
when I tried doshell, the vc that I ran it on showed a shell prompt.
Somebody help me, please, I'm fresh out of ideas. I'm using
SLS v1 on a 486DLC, svga, mfm disks, etc. Below is some stuff
which might or might not be helpful. If you think you can help,
but you need more info, e-mail me.
Thanks.
Kernel info:
Linux 0.99.pl6-26 03/01/93 i486
init info:
@(#) init 2.0 08-12-92 MvS
getty info:
@(#)$Id: main.c,v 2.0 90/09/19 20:02:06 paul Rel $
inittab: (don't know whether this is helpful or not)
#
# A sample of the new, SYSV compatible inittab.
#
# (This one runs on my machine every day)
#
# Level to run in. Set to 5 or 6 to allow serial port logins.
# If you comment this out, the system will ask you for a runlevel
# when it is booted.
#
id:3:initdefault:
#
# Sysinit: takes place only once, right after system boot, *before*
# possibly going single-user.
#
si::sysinit:/etc/update &
#
# boot & bootwait take place once too, but *after* possibly going
# single user.
#
rc::bootwait:/etc/rc
#
# Run the cron deamon.
#
#cr::boot:/usr/bin/cron
#
# Normal levels: 1-4 = virtual consoles 5,6 = COM ports.
# Ofcourse you can change this to suit your taste.
#
# BEWARE: where is your getty? in /bin or in /etc?
#
c1:123456:respawn:/bin/getty 9600 tty1
c2:23456:respawn:/bin/getty 9600 tty2
c3:3456:respawn:/bin/getty 9600 tty3
c4:3456:respawn:/bin/getty 9600 tty4
c5:456:respawn:/bin/getty 9600 tty5
c6:456:respawn:/bin/getty 9600 tty6
#c7:6:respawn:/bin/getty 9600 ttys1
#c8:6:respawn:/bin/uugetty 9600 ttys0
#c6:6:respawn:/bin/getty 19200 ttys1
#
# The powerfail routines, that take care of a graceful shutdown.
# In our case, CTRL-ALT-DEL was pressed.
#
pf::powerwait:/etc/shutdown -rf now > /dev/console < /dev/console 2>&1
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