• /etc/inittab defines virtual consoles 
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# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
  • What's mingetty? text-login program
  • accessed with ctrl-alt-F1 through ctrl-alt-F6
  • ctrl-alt-F7 returns to GUI
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