I had the same problem. ALT-F2 switched to terminal 2, ALT-F1 (not F7) switched back to GNOME GUI, CTRL-ALT-Fx did not work at all. At the same time all texts written in GUI application were copied into tty1 as well (these texts are visible during shutdown. This includes also cursor movements. tty1 showed repeating failing login prompts fed by characters entered in GUI. After pressing CTRL-C in GUI, GDM is restarted and everything is functioning normally. To me it looks like GDM is running in tty1 and keyboard mapping is confused.
Last restarts (after al upgrades) I could not reproduce problem with ALT-Fx keys to switch to different terminal, but CTRL-ALT-F7 does not switch to GUI and CTRL-ALT-F1 switches to GUI - so it still some discrepancy where the GUI is actually running. I am using Linux ***** 2.6.32-13-generic #18-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 10 21:32:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux with ATI 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series using only opensource drivers. -- Alt-f2 switches to virtual terminal 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520546 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
