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Re: Cannot switch to VT (console)



El mié, 23-07-2008 a las 00:23 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> Recently I tried to switch to VT (console) and I couldn't - Ctrl+Alt+F1 
> didn't work (and they used to couple of weeks ago). I don't even know 
> where to look for the problem; xev detects KeyRelease XF86_Switch_VT_1 
> event, /etc/inittab contain getty respawns.
> 
> Oh, when I tried chvt 1 it responded:
> Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console


Did you try as root? 

> 
> Debian sid, home-compiled kernel, GDM/Gnome, nvidia-glx

If your graphics card is supported, you should try with nv.

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