Re: Lack of text console?
On Fri 04 Aug 2023 at 15:36:35 (+0200), Kamil Jońca wrote:
> Kamil Jońca <kjonca@o2.pl> writes:
>
> [...]
> Ugh. This laptop has keyboard where Fn keys have dual function (quite
> common nowadays) and under F1 was kind of 'Sleep'. So when I press
> Ctrl-Alt-F1 it goes to sleep, and with F2/F3 there were no reaction as
> these keys have no other meaning.
> When I press Ctrl-"fn switch"-Alt+F1 I got console.
> Thanks for everyone for ensuring me that consoles are still in Debian
> and sorry for the noise.
On some laptops, the BIOS can switch between treating the Function
keys as you reported here, or its opposite. The terminology varies:
here, Lenovo call it HotKey Mode, and HP call it Action Keys Mode.
Cheers,
David.
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