about tty's in slackware 10

[Ralph W. Reid]

Actually, the left alt key works for tty1 through tty12, while the
right alt key works for tty13 through tty24.  To log into any of these
tty's, they must be defined in /etc/inittab.  HTH and have a _great_
day.

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 08:46:43PM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
> Are you using the right alt key when trying to change consoles? Only the
> left alt key works for that purpose, not the right one.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 zorkmed at qwest.net wrote:
> 
> >Hi all, glad to be back after a long unwanted break...
> >Just got a couple of quick questions as a newbe.
> >1. when I upgraded from slackware 9 to 10, I only have one tty instead of 
> >the normal six.  I thought I'd only have that problem during setup, so 
> >didn't wory about it, but still got it even after the reboot, everything 
> >else seems to work just fine.
> >Also, how do I start x and thus gnopernicus?  I have already chosen gnome 
> >as my window manager.
> >Thanks all
> >
> >Cheereo!
> >
> >
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