On Nov. 15th, I reported a problem with my GNOME 2.4 desktop where
Ctrl-Alt-F1 fails to switch to a text mode console.
I did a few experiments to try to isolate the cause of the problem.
I created a .xsession file with the following lines and with
permissions 755 in my home directory:
xterm &
exec fvwm2
Then I logged in and got a session without GNOME and without Metacity,
which is the window manager I normally use. Ctrl-Alt-F1 worked and
switched to a text console.
Then I tried running only Metacity:
xterm &
exec metacity
Ctrl-Alt-F1 still worked then. Then I tried running only the
GNOME Panel:
xterm &
exec gnome-panel
Then Ctrl-Alt-F1 did not work. Am I on the right track? Could there
be something in the Panel that intercepts Ctrl-Alt-F1? Thanks.
A few version numbers on my system:
libgnome-2.4.0-1
libgnomeui-2.4.0.1-1
gnome-panel-2.4.0-3
metacity-2.6.3-1
This installation is made of Fedora Core 1 RPM packages.
--
Pierre Sarrazin <sarrazip at sympatico dot ca>
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