On Saturday 07 June 2008 15:11:57 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 14:09 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 07 June 2008 08:29:12 Jim Dever wrote: > > > g wrote: > > > > Jim Dever wrote: > > > >> Tim wrote: > > > >>> On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 05:11 -0400, Jim Dever wrote: > > > >>>> I just tried it again to make sure. From an X session CTRL+ALT+Fn > > > >>>> works but from a text console Alt-Fn does nothing. It's remains > > > >>>> at the same tty I was at when I issued the CTRL+ALT+Fn from X. > > > >>>> Any > > > > > > > > you are saying 'from an x session', then 'from a text console' and > > > > 'same tty'. > > > > > > > > so, 'from an x session to a text console, aka, virtual console, > > > > staying in same tty, aka, same virtual console'. > > > > > > > > correct? > > > > > > Let me try and explain better. From X: Alt-CTRL-F1 takes me to a > > > virtual console (tty1). From X: Alt-CTRL-F2 takes me to a virtual > > > console (tty2). But once I'm at a text, virtual console Alt-F1 or > > > Alt-F2 or Alt-F3.... don't do anything. I remain at the terminal > > > where I came out of X. And I can't get back into X either. I'm > > > stumped. > > > > > > >>> I am back on Fedora 9, now, and both ALT+Fn and CTRL+ALT+Fn are > > > >>> working for me, so the problem is probably specific to your setup. > > > > > > > > for me with f8, saa. > > > > > > > >> It's definitely a straight plain vanilla installation. > > > > > > > > as in what type keyboard? 102 -> 110 key? special music / power, etc? > > > > din, pc, usb port? > > > > > > Machine is about a 7 year old Dell with a 110 key PC keyboard. It's > > > not USB or wireless or anything like that. > > > > FWIW my ~6-year-old Packard Bell laptop has the same problem. The only > > wayout I can find is to shut down. > > It would be interesting to see if the Alt key is actually being detected > in console mode. The keyboard tables are loaded at boot time but they > can change when X starts up, so it's possible that Alt in console mode > is simply not being read. Can't think of an easy test off the top of my > head but I'm sure somebody out there can :-) > > /usr/share/doc/kbd-1.12/kbd.FAQ.html (part of kbd.rpm) would probably be > the place to start. > I run Mandriva on that laptop now, as F9 couldn't handle the PCMCIA NIC, and I don't seem to have that file. Anne
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