How to start a separate Getty terminal on boot in Fossapup?

[dxrobertson]

fossapup64 9.5 frugal install to harddrive.

Would like to start a separate getty (terminal) upon boot. Enter <ctrl><alt>F2 and have access to an additional terminal. I added an additional tty getty line to /etc/inittab:

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::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
tty1::respawn:plogin
tty2::respawn:getty 38400 tty2
tty3::respawn:getty 38400 tty3
::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot

But <ctrl><alt>F2 does nothing. Actually <ctrl><alt>F1 does nothing as well; thought maybe it would show the terminal prior to X being started, but doesnt.

Something else I need to do?

[williams2]

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Change:

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Option "DontVTSwitch" "true"

to:

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Option "DontVTSwitch" "false"

Puppy can change the xorg.conf file without asking. You could keep a backup copy of the file, and copy it back if it's needed.

[dxrobertson]

Exactly what I needed, works now.

And made note of xorg.conf potentially changing back.

Thanks!