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

[David Bandel]

On 6/10/06, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/10/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> > On 06/10/2006 05:54 PM, Collins Richey wrote:
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > Which X driver are you using?
> >
>
> sis. It's an onboard video chip that has been totally reliable for
> everything else.
>

Might have seemed reliable, but SIS is the flakiest video chip I've
ever had the misfortune to have foisted on me.  I would never
willingly use a SIS video chip and have often had to buy a decent
video card and turn off the motherboard video support.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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