Ctrl-Alt-F2 does not work

[JD]

On 04/08/2011 03:41 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:38 PM, JD<jd1008 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> with fc14, have not been able to to switch
>> to the text console by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2
>> or F3 ...etc, even after latest updates,
>>
>> What is the config file that controls that behavior??
> Check with ps whether the gettys are running.
>
> The files that set them up and launch them are
> "/etc/init/start-ttys.conf" and "/etc/init/tty.conf".
I do not see anything in those files
for me to config. Could my problem be more
gnome related or Xserver related?


# ps -ef | grep getty
root      1947     1  0 11:50 tty2     00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty2
root      1949     1  0 11:50 tty3     00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty3
root      1952     1  0 11:50 tty4     00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty4
root      1954     1  0 11:50 tty5     00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5
root      1956     1  0 11:50 tty6     00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty6

# cat /etc/init/start-ttys.conf
#
# This service starts the configured number of gettys.

start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]

env ACTIVE_CONSOLES=/dev/tty[1-6]
env X_TTY=/dev/tty1
task
script
     . /etc/sysconfig/init
     for tty in $(echo $ACTIVE_CONSOLES) ; do
         [ "$RUNLEVEL" = "5" -a "$tty" = "$X_TTY" ] && continue
         initctl start tty TTY=$tty
     done
end script

# cat /etc/init/tty.conf
# tty - getty
#
# This service maintains a getty on the specified device.

stop on runlevel [016]

respawn
instance $TTY
exec /sbin/mingetty $TTY