Re: Switching virtual terminals

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On Sunday 08 June 2008, Jim Dever wrote:
>Ric Moore 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.
>>
>> You can't ctrl-alt F7 to get back to X?? Ric
>
>I can't either.  Alt-Fx and ctrl-alt-Fx do nothing.

Jim, do you perchance have an *&%%^#&_)* F-Keys disable button on that keyboard?

On this one, a wireless Logitec, its above the 'END' key with F-Mode molded into 
the keycap in blue.  Them things are a tool of the devil, making one lose what 
little belief he may have had when he sat down at the keyboard.  Some sort of a 
no-name white keyboard I use on my milling machine has it sorta off the left of 
the ESC key, small button just labeled "F".  And the *&^(8^Z thing defaults to 
OFF.  Guess what it takes to run the machine?  Yup, you got it...

>--
>Jim



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