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Can't get Ctrl-Alt-F2 to work
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:05 am
by coolfrood
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
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:11 am
by Judland
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:14 am
by coolfrood
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:20 pm
by Karl
What about other virtual terminals? Like Ctrl-Alt-F1 or Ctrl-Alt-F3. Is only F2 not working?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:41 pm
by coolfrood
Nope, can't change virtual terminals at all in X. None of the Ctrl-Alt-F<i>n</i> work.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:01 pm
by snarkout
I've seen several complaints about this - have you verified that nothing has changed in your /etc/inittab?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:12 pm
by CptnObvious999
Check /etc/inittab and make sure Option "DontVTSwitch" is commented out in your xorg.conf.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:33 pm
by coolfrood
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:58 pm
by Chess
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
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:48 pm
by coolfrood
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.