What happened to the consoles?

[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 5:01 PM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> OK.
>>
>> When you're logged in, do each of alt, ctrl, and f[1-6] react normally?
>>
> No.  They all bring up a blank screen.
>
>> if you enable a static getty, can you switch to it?
>>
> I'm not sure what that means.
>
>> What's the output of
>> find /{etc,lib}/systemd/system -name "*getty*" -ls
>> and
>> grep VT /etc/systemd/logind.conf
>>
>> Is systemd-logind running?
>>
> admar at marbase:~ $ find /{etc,lib}/systemd/system -name "*getty*" -ls
>   7080631      4 drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         4096 Jul 19
> 2016 /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants
>   7080655      0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           34 Dec  8
> 16:42 /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty at tty1.service ->
> /lib/systemd/system/getty at .service
>  11010090      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          770 Jan 18
> 14:04 /lib/systemd/system/console-getty.service
>  11010464      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         1038 Jan 18
> 14:04 /lib/systemd/system/serial-getty at .service
>  11010125      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         1536 Jan 18
> 14:04 /lib/systemd/system/getty at .service
>  11010598      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          342 Jan 13
> 02:30 /lib/systemd/system/getty-static.service
>  11010597      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          460 Jan 18
> 14:03 /lib/systemd/system/getty.target
>  11010640      0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Jan 18
> 14:04 /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/getty.target ->
> ../getty.target
>  11010511      4 drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         4096 Jan 24
> 15:09 /lib/systemd/system/getty.target.wants
>  11010793      0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           23 Jan 18
> 14:04 /lib/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty-static.service ->
> ../getty-static.service
>  11010494      4 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          791 Jan 18
> 14:04 /lib/systemd/system/container-getty at .service
> admar at marbase:~ $ grep VT /etc/systemd/logind.conf
> #NAutoVTs=6
> #ReserveVT=6
> admar at marbase:~ $ psg system-logind
> admar at marbase:~ $

I decided to reboot and check.  Before I logged in, the consoles work
fine.  Afterward as well.

May have been just a glitch in the last reboot.  My xscreensaver-demo
also froze before the lasts reboot (before this one) and it's all fine
now.

Ah, well.