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Re: No Consoles???



Hi,

On my lenny (debian stable) I use <ctrl><alt>F? to switch to a
full-screen console and I use <crtl>F? to switch the desktops.
On my squeeze (debian testing) it works the same way.
These distro's run on the same AMD64 p.c., on different partitions.

Greetings,
Martin.

Alan Ianson schreef:
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 08:29 -0500, hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
John W Foster wrote:
Just got my new AMD 64 bit system to working well. Still have an issue
with NO CONSOLES using F1 F2 etc. I really miss this ability using
testing dist. I am VERY used to using a console screen to manage my
system. Something has disabled thosr consoles. Any tips to correct are
appreciated.

What is the contents of /etc/inittab?

In my case the consoles work as expected at boot up and I can use them,
but after some period of time after I have been using the desktop when I
press <CTRL> F? my monitor goes off and when I switch back to the
desktop it comes on again.

I'm using "ati" in my xorg.conf with the built in video output on this
box. If I don't use "ati" in the driver section of my xorg.conf the
monitor goes off at almost anytime, desktop or console.




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