From: Wayne Topa on
On 08/10/2010 10:48 AM, John W Foster wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:49 -0500, Arthur Machlas wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Andrei Popescu<andreimpopescu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Vi, 06 aug 10, 14:07:43, John W Foster wrote:
>>>> Just got my new AMD 64 bit system to working well. Still have an issue
>>>> with NO CONSOLES using F1 F2 etc. I really miss this ability using
>>>> testing dist. I am VERY used to using a console screen to manage my
>>>> system. Something has disabled thosr consoles. Any tips to correct are
>>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> What do you get if you run 'chvt 1' as root?
>>>
>>
>> /etc/inittab looks good, what about the contents of /etc/default/console-setup?
> ---------------------------
> There is no file by that name.

Do
dpkg -l console-setup
if you don't have it installed, install it.

HTH
Wayne


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