Re: Where did ctrl-alt-F1 go?

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

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 20:30:54 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 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:~$ 

Try it again as root.

Also, check if you see the Switch_VT_* symbols configured if you run
this:

xmodmap -pke | grep VT

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