[please CC me on replies] On Sun, July 4, 2004 at 17:13, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Johannes Resch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Deferring virtual terminal setup until console accessible. >> pluto:/usr/local/bin# > > Where are you running this command from? Is it from an xterm, or a VT. If > you switch to a VT and run it, before you do, what does the following > produce: > > # tty > # ls -l $(tty)
#tty /dev/tty1 #ls -l $(tty) crw------- 1 root tty 4, 1 Jul 5 07:55 /dev/tty1 some more (possibly important) info: this system was installed from debian woody-CDs (base system only), then unstable sources were entered in sources.list and a "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" brought the system to current unstable. --jr