Debian (Ubuntu) question - CTL-ALT-Fn to switch consoles

Collins Richey crichey
Sat Jun 10 17:54:28 PDT 2006


On 6/10/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> On 06/10/2006 10:48 AM, Collins Richey wrote:
> > Replying to my own post.
> >
> > This gets weirder and weirder.
> >
> > If I switch to tty1, 5, or 6, the console operates normally, If I
> > which to tty2-4, the behavior is as described above.
> >
>
> This wasn't happening on the Breezy installations that I did.  Perhaps
> this is an X driver issue where the console isn't getting properly restored?
>

Very likely. All the reported problems I've found (very old, 2002 the
latest) are X driver problems. There aren't any recent reports, and
thus far I've drawn no commens on the Ubuntu forum. It's a good thing
this is not critical.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.



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