On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 04:37:42PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > Bob McGowan wrote: > > > > I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#' keys > > > > fails to switch to a tty console > Door Templeton wrote: > > > Yes, that's correct. Also note that before I start X (or > > > after I exit it altogether), I *can* switch from VT to > > > VT with Alt-F#. > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > I had the same problem just recently after my machine had > > been up for a couple of days following an upgrade to Etch. > > Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out the problem, so I > > just rebooted (couldn't kill X with a ctrl-alt-bksp). > > Everything was fine after that. > > Hmm, interesting. Unfortunately, it sounds like two > different problems--for one thing, I'm currently using > Lenny. For another, I don't leave my computer up all the > time--I turn it on when I need to use it and off when I > don't. So a simple reboot won't do the trick. Also, I am > able to kill X with C-M-<backspace>. > so that means your C and M are mapped right, maybe your F keys aren't? this gets into things I don't know about, but that's where I'd look. Pull up a program that uses F keys and see if they work properly. or use xev to see what happens. A
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