On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 23:41:37 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: > On 23/07/08 14:38, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: >> Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Recently I tried to switch to VT (console) and I couldn't - >>> Ctrl+Alt+F1 didn't work (and they used to couple of weeks ago). I >>> don't even know where to look for the problem; xev detects KeyRelease >>> XF86_Switch_VT_1 event, /etc/inittab contain getty respawns.
Does is also report the KeyPress event for XF86_Switch_VT_1? >> Check your xorg.conf and see if the DontVTSwitch option is present. > No, it's not. > >> Also, it could be some problem with your XkbModel setting, like pc105 >> instead of pc104. > Hmmm, that's possible - I have that Microsoft ergonomical USB keyboard, > connected via Avocent KVM. But it worked previously... And xev detects > the XF86_Switch_VT_1 event so it seems to be OK. Post the output of these commands: setxkbmap -print xmodmap xmodmap -pk | grep XF86_Switch_VT >>> Oh, when I tried chvt 1 it responded: >>> Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console >> Did you try that as root? > Just tried and it worked; so maybe this is some access rights issue then? I think it is normal that chvt only works as root. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]