Re: Changing tty shells
On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 11:22:32PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> On 06/09/2016 10:00 AM, Levi Darrell wrote:
> >Hi Debian Users List,
> >
> >My computer is set to boot into a tty shell. I manually enter X Server by
> >issuing the startx command. Previously, I had been able to switch tty
> >shells with the keystroke combination Alt + F[1-6]. After attempting to
> >reconfigure they keyboard and locales to solve an unrelated problem,
> >suddenly this no longer works.
> >
> >I can still change shells from within X Server by using the combination
> >Ctrl + Alt + F[1-6], but I don't want to have to log into X Server in
> >order to be able to use all of my tty shells. What could have gone wrong,
> >and where do I look to fix the problem?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Levi
>
> On my box, Alt + F[1-6] does not work in the console either, but Ctrl + Alt
> + F[1-6] works fine from the console, just as it does from X.
JFTR, Alt + F[1-6] works fine for me.
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