Re: Can't get to a console from gdm screen
Markus.Grunwald@pruftechnik.com wrote:
> I have a problem on a debian etch machine: When the gdm screen comes,
> Ctrl-Alt-Fn doesn't take me to any console. I have to log in as user, then
> it works. Is this some "special" kind of security setting ???
>
> I have this problem since a long, long time and could live with it, but
> now one of my colleagues has the same problem and asks for advice...
>
>
According to http://www.debianhelp.org/node/1619:
>
> I've also been suffering from ctrl-alt-fn not working since a major
> upgrade a few months ago, and found this page while searching. I
> believe I've now found the solution. I have installed the xkb-data
> package and removed the xlibs package. xlibs provided a set of
> keyboard configuration files under /etc/X11/xkb, while xkb-data
> provides the same stuff under /usr/share/X11/xkb. But there must be
> some minor difference between the two versions since the xlibs stuff
> doesn't have working ctrl-alt-fn while the xkb-data does.
>
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