Re: Cannot switch to VT (console)

["Michal R. Hoffmann" <misiek_spam@o2.pl>]

On 23/07/08 01:05, 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? 
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.

> > Debian sid, home-compiled kernel, GDM/Gnome, nvidia-glx
> If your graphics card is supported, you should try with nv.

Still the same :(

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Kind regards,
Michal R. Hoffmann