[Solved] cannot access ttys (Ctrl + Alt + F1-F7)

When I press Ctrl + Alt + F1 I just get this error (Ctrl + Alt + F2 brings me back):
:: Loading Initramfs
commandline read: splashy
commandline read: boot
waiting 90 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/e289..[numbers]..311 ...
... When pressing Ctrl + Alt + F3-F7 I just get blank screen.
Here's the output of ps a:
[det@myhost ~]$ ps a
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
2183 tty2 Ss+ 3:10 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth
14044 pts/0 Ss 0:00 bash
14046 pts/0 R+ 0:00 ps a
Last edited by algorythm (2009-08-06 13:05:59)

Ii guess that is.. . See my both (/etc/)inittab(.pacsave) files look exactly the same:
# /etc/inittab
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/6 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
# Example lines for starting a login manager
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null
# End of file
I guess I need to change the vc/s to ttys?
Like this?:
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux
Edit: Yeah, thanks man.
Edit 2: Later on I also edited /etc/rc.sysinit the same way
Last edited by algorythm (2009-08-07 22:58:15)

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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
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Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "glx"
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