On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 01:21:36AM -0700, walt wrote:
> I just updated a PC from 1.6 to 'current' and I see just one minor
> problem I need to fix:
> 
> The only login prompt I get is on the console.  Using the Ctrl-Alt-Fx
> keys gets me only black screens with a cursor in the upper left corner.
> 
> When X is running it is accessed with Ctrl-Alt-F2 and the (only) virtual
> terminal is the console at Ctrl-Alt-F1.
> 
> /etc and /dev are up to date, and /etc/ttys and /etc/ttyaction are
> both present.  There are NO gettys running in the background, which
> I assume is the problem.
> 
> When I type /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyE2 (or any other tty for that
> matter) I get a login prompt on the same console instead of on the
> appropriate virtual terminal.  (I don't know if this normally works
> or not.  I never tried it before.)
> 
> I tried with and without wscons=YES in rc.conf and neither fixes the
> problem, although I do see messages about setting up the screens
> during boot if use wscons=YES.
> 
> What sort of things should I be checking?
> 
> Thanks for any ideas.

Are the extra gettys enabled in /etc/ttys and /etc/wscons.conf ?
Sysinst (should) play with these files - for install.
I'm not sure what happens for 'upgrade', but sysinst probably doesn't
handle upgrading /etc very well.

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk