Re: [gentoo-user] Switching back to console

["Conway S. Smith" <beolach@xmission.com>]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:27:20 -0700
"Andrey Falko" <ma3oxuct@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:48 AM, ionut cucu <cuciferus@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi list!
> > For some time now (I seem to recall this not working a few weeks
> > back ) I can't seem to be able to switch back to console from X
> > with Ctr+Alt+Fn. Xev sees Ctr+Alt+Fn keycode as Fn keycode(don't
> > know if this is expected behaivor or not). I can't the console to
> > work neither from kde-svn nor from fluxbox. I have not defined no
> > particular keyboard layout, I'm just using the default one. I
> > have defined some key mappings for other keys, none of them
> > involves F keys, and the behaivor is the same weather I use the
> > mappings or not. Could you perhaps give me a hand with this?
> >
> >
> 
> When you press CTRL+ALT+F1 for instance, do you get a black screen?
> Or do you remain in the fluxbox/kde X session? There is no freeze up
> either right? I don't know how much it will help, but can you post
> all of the xorg files you edited? Maybe someone will spot something
> unusual...
> 

Specifically, look for a:
	Option "DontVTSwitch"  "true"
line in xorg.conf, and if it's there remove it or change it to
false.  Another option to look for in xorg.conf is
"HandleSpecialKeys". Also check your Xorg.log files (maybe after
increasing logging verbosity) for anything relevant, like XKEYBOARD
extension errors.


Good luck,
Conway S. Smith