Re: Cannot switch to VT (console)

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 23:41:37 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote:
> On 23/07/08 14:38, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
>> 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.

Does is also report the KeyPress event for XF86_Switch_VT_1?

>> Check your xorg.conf and see if the DontVTSwitch option is present. 
> No, it's not.
>
>> Also, it could be some problem with your XkbModel setting, like pc105  
>> instead of pc104.
> Hmmm, that's possible - I have that Microsoft ergonomical USB keyboard,  
> connected via Avocent KVM. But it worked previously... And xev detects  
> the XF86_Switch_VT_1 event so it seems to be OK.

Post the output of these commands:

setxkbmap -print

xmodmap

xmodmap -pk | grep XF86_Switch_VT

>>> Oh, when I tried chvt 1 it responded:
>>> Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
>> Did you try that as root?
> Just tried and it worked; so maybe this is some access rights issue then?

I think it is normal that chvt only works as root.

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