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From: luke <speakup@lists.tacticus.com>
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008, Gaijin wrote:

> 	Just did a tasksel install of the X11 desktop environment in
> Debian Lenny, and everything was working fine until I rebooted.  I was
> left with the usually silent gdm screen, so had no idea what was happening,
> and now I have  access to only one text console now.  Those F-wits at
> Debian have really F'ed up my computer.  Any Debian gurus out there know
> how to make Debian respawn the normal number of text consoles, so I
> don't have to do a full reinstall from Etch, a'la the Mickeysoft method?
> I can't even consult a man page at the same time I'm working on
> something any more.

Why: does control-z no longer work to suspend?

How about the screen program to have virtual virtual consoles?

As for a solution: edit your /etc/inittab file, and add more consoles.  At 
least, that's how it is done if you're not in an X environment.

Luke