Re: Where did ctrl-alt-F1 go?
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:08:22 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Mon,14.Sep.09, 03:07:04, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> I just downloaded and burned a new Debian testing netinstall CD last
>> week, and used it to install testing.
>>
>> Everything went well, but after installation, when I tried using
>> ctrl-alt- F1 to switch to a virual console, nothing happened.
>>
>> How do I go about getting such a console? I can get a root command
>> window, but if I end up upgrading X sometime, that doesn't seem the
>> best place to be controlling the upgrade from.
>
> Does 'chvt' work?
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
Nope:
hendrik@ninja:~$ chvt 1
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
hendrik@ninja:~$ chvt 2
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
hendrik@ninja:~$
-- hendrik
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