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Author: KatolaZ
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Subject: Re: [DNG] inittab question
On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 08:39:38AM +0200, emninger@??? wrote:

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> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
> 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
> ---
>
> Is that correct?
>
> I'd have expected any line to be:
>
> ---
> 1:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 2:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> ...


uh? Why would have you expected that? First of all, you normally don't
want getty in runlevel 1, which is used for single-user mode. Second,
even if you insist in having getty in runlevel 1, why have 6 of them
if that runlevel is normally used only for rescue-related tasks?
Third, the number of ttys active in each runlevel is not a gospel line
but a configurable option. Fourth, the configuration of virtual
consoles would have nothing to do with any problem with your
(graphical?) login manager, so you are probably looking into the
wrong file.

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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