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Yesterday I installed debian (etch) but because of some internet connection problems during the installation, I installed the base system and at the end I installed X-window, Xorg, X-server and ...
  1. 09-19-2007 #1
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    Question Can't use console and X at the same time

    Yesterday I installed debian (etch) but because of some internet connection problems during the installation, I installed the base system and at the end I installed X-window, Xorg, X-server and gnome because in command line I had the ability to configure my network. (Wireless)

    Now, I have a fully operational system with no errors but when I type 'ctrl-alt-F*' I can't acces my 6 console windows. When I type 'ctrl-alt-bkspace' then I go to the F1-console and my other ones are also available again. But I don't like it that I need to restart and shutdown my X all the time.

    Anyone who knows a solution for this problem. I hope it's a clear explanation.

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    Check the configuration of Xorg.conf, perhaps it's set not to allow the Ctrl+Alt+F* console switching. See the Xorg.conf man page for more info about that. Another possibility is that you aren't in the right runlevel. IIRC it should be either 4 or 5. Check that while you are in X and see, it might switch when you exit. Last thing I can think of is maybe on boot you have it set to start X, but for some reason it's waiting on X before spawning more consoles. If you exit X, then go back into it can you then access your other consoles?
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    Ok the runlevel was set to 2 so I changed it using telinit 4 or 5...

    When I did :
    Code:
    who -r
    then my output tells me the runlevel was changed. So I thought problem solved. Unfortunately the runlevel changed to 2 again when I restarted the machine. I checked the other two options but I think the problem lies with the runlevels...

    Do you know how to set my runlevel permanently to 4 or 5 and witch one is better?

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  4. 09-21-2007 #4
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    You should keep Runlevel 2 only. Its default for X Server in Debian. Check the contents of /etc/inittab file. It controls default Runlevel.
    Code:
    # The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:
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  5. 09-23-2007 #5
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    I just reinstalled debian. The latest version I found. Now I don't have any problems anymore. Everything works like I was used to know it.
    I have no idea what the problem was because sometimes when I pushed
    ctlr-alt -F1 twice it worked... So I think it was because off some errors I had with the X-server or gnome installation.

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