Re: Cannot switch to VT (console)

[Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com>]

Michal R. Hoffmann wrote:
> 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.

Check your xorg.conf and see if the DontVTSwitch option is present. 
Also, it could be some problem with your XkbModel setting, like pc105 
instead of pc104.

> Oh, when I tried chvt 1 it responded:
> Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

Did you try that as root?

> Debian sid, home-compiled kernel, GDM/Gnome, nvidia-glx
>
> Any suggestions, please?


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