On 23/07/08 01:05, Gabriel Parrondo wrote:
I hadn't before. Now I tried and it worked, thanks. So at least I know switching to the terminal works; the problem is usually I try to switch to the console when something goes bad in Gnome and I cannot do anything in GUI and I need a quick way for a 'blindfolded man' to quit to VT.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 consoleDid you try as root?
Debian sid, home-compiled kernel, GDM/Gnome, nvidia-glxIf your graphics card is supported, you should try with nv.
Still the same :( -- Kind regards, Michal R. Hoffmann