Re: inittab

Beolach
2004-04-01T04:12:16Z

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Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> Following is from /etc/inittab on a client running Slackware-9.0.
>
> # These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:
> c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
> c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
> c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
> c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
> c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
> c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
> c7:12345:respawn:/usr/X11/bin/XFree86 -query 192.168.0.1 :1 vt08
>
> The last line is added by me. Sure enough, I get a display on vt08 from
> the server, which is running Mandrake-9.2. So far, so good. The two
> things I cannot work out, however many times I re-read man inittab, are
> 1. How do I stop the local X system from giving me a login screen? (it
> comes up on vt02)

Assuming you actually do want to have X running, but only want to login
screen to be on the remote system & not the local, edit /etc/rc.4 so
that you don't start [kgx]dm on the local machine.

> 2. Why have I not got any text consoles? (they are all just black with a
> blinking cursor).
> Thank-you all very much in advance,
> Andrew
>

You actually do have text consoles, just not on vt's 1-5. If you want
these text consoles, change your inittab to something like this:

# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:
# consoleN:runlevels:what_to_do_on_exit:program_to_run_and_options
c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
c7:12345:respawn:/usr/X11/bin/XFree86 -query 192.168.0.1 :1 vt08

HTH,
Conway S. Smith
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