Re: Cannot switch to VT (console)
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:23:52AM +0100, 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.
>
> Oh, when I tried chvt 1 it responded:
> Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
>
> Debian sid, home-compiled kernel, GDM/Gnome, nvidia-glx
>
> Any suggestions, please?
Other than configuration suggestions for X provided by others, here is a
simple command line command to switch VT.
# chvt 1
See more in latest debian-reference-en package or at:
http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch02.en.html#virtualconsoles
Osamu
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