Re: No Consoles???
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 17:22 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 00:18 +0200, martin@martin52.demon.nl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On my lenny (debian stable) I use <ctrl><alt>F? to switch to a
> > full-screen console and I use <crtl>F? to switch the desktops.
> > On my squeeze (debian testing) it works the same way.
>
> I'm running sid ATM, and I do it the same way. This always worked as
> expected when I was using the nvidia driver with my nvidia card. Since
> my nvidia card died I can't switch to a console or my monitor goes off.
> Right now I'm using the onboard radeon x1200 series video output on this
> box with "ati" or "radeon" specified in a minimal xorg.conf.
>
> I'll be back to nvidia ASAP, but I do hope this can be sorted before
> squeeze is released.
>
> I get bad results with ubuntu as well with the ati output on this box
> whereas the nvidia card always worked well.
>
> > These distro's run on the same AMD64 p.c., on different partitions.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Martin.
> >
> > Alan Ianson schreef:
> > > On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 08:29 -0500, hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
> > >> John W Foster wrote:
> > >>> Just got my new AMD 64 bit system to working well. Still have an issue
> > >>> with NO CONSOLES using F1 F2 etc. I really miss this ability using
> > >>> testing dist. I am VERY used to using a console screen to manage my
> > >>> system. Something has disabled thosr consoles. Any tips to correct are
> > >>> appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> What is the contents of /etc/inittab?
> > >
> > > In my case the consoles work as expected at boot up and I can use them,
> > > but after some period of time after I have been using the desktop when I
> > > press <CTRL> F? my monitor goes off and when I switch back to the
> > > desktop it comes on again.
> > >
> > > I'm using "ati" in my xorg.conf with the built in video output on this
> > > box. If I don't use "ati" in the driver section of my xorg.conf the
> > > monitor goes off at almost anytime, desktop or console.
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I have exactly the same issues with Ubuntu running on this box. I have
Debian AMD64 from testing , Ubuntu AMD64 Koala, & Windows 7 pro all
running on separate 1 Tb disks on this system. Windows runs as expected
in fact better than I expected but I,m a long time Debian user & prefer
it to windows except for viewing video streams.
No consoles in Ubuntu either.
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