Re: Cannot switch to VT (console)
On 22 Jul 2008, Gabriel Parrondo wrote:
> 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.
>
> [...]
>
I haven't been able to use ctrl-alt-F1 for well over a year. I didn't
know about chvt; it does work as root for me. Useful.
Anthony
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