Can't get Ctrl-Alt-F2 to work

coolfrood · Post by **coolfrood** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:05 am

I've had a problem with my X setup for the last couple of months or so. I cannot switch virtual terminals with Ctrl-Alt-F2. This is extremely annoying because my mouse stops working every day or two and I need to close all my windows, get out of X and come in again. Earlier I could switch to a text console and get back to X with Alt-F7 and the mouse would work again, but I can't do that any more. I suspect it is some issue with my xmodmap. Can anyone suggest some way to fix it?

Thanks

Judland · Post by **Judland** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:11 am

There was an issue like this with Underground Desktop 0.21. To fix it, I simply had to remove the line: nodeadkeys from the xorg.conf file. Then, restart the X server and you should be able to use virtual terminals again.

coolfrood · Post by **coolfrood** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:14 am

I don't have <b>nodeadkeys</b> in my xorg.conf. I've been using the same xorg.conf since Fedora Core. I had the terminal switching working in FC2,3 and 4 and even in Ubuntu Dapper for quite a bit, but now it stopped working.

Karl · Post by **Karl** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:20 pm

What about other virtual terminals? Like Ctrl-Alt-F1 or Ctrl-Alt-F3. Is only F2 not working?

coolfrood · Post by **coolfrood** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:41 pm

Nope, can't change virtual terminals at all in X. None of the Ctrl-Alt-F<i>n</i> work.

snarkout · Post by **snarkout** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:01 pm

I've seen several complaints about this - have you verified that nothing has changed in your /etc/inittab?

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:12 pm

Check /etc/inittab and make sure Option "DontVTSwitch" is commented out in your xorg.conf.

coolfrood · Post by **coolfrood** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:33 pm

I didn't find anything fishy in /etc/inittab, and there's no DontVTSwitch in my xorg.conf either. I was thinking it might be something to do with gdm, but now I'm running with startx without gdm.

Chess · Post by **Chess** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:58 pm

Which distro are you using and are you using xorg7?

I was browsing through the Arch forums just now and came across this thread (read the very last post):

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=19113

coolfrood · Post by **coolfrood** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:48 pm

Chess wrote:Which distro are you using and are you using xorg7?

I was browsing through the Arch forums just now and came across this thread (read the very last post):

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=19113

Hmm, that might be it. I will try that out tomorrow at work. I'm using Ubuntu Dapper with X.org 7. Now that I think of it, the console switching stopped working round about the time Dapper went to X.org 7. Will post again once I figure out if that was it.