Cannot switch to a VT from Xorg using CTRL-ALT-F1

[Derek Broughton]

Miles Lane wrote:

> On 3/10/06, Tristan Wibberley <maihem at maihem.org> wrote:
>> Miles Lane wrote:
>> > On 3/10/06, Kevin C. Smith <kevin at linuxsmith.com> wrote:
>> >>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:35:46PM -0800, Miles Lane wrote:
>> >>>> For a very long time (months and months) I have been unable to
>> >>>> switch
>> >>>> away from Xorg to a VT using CTRL-ALT-F[1-6].  AFAICT, all my locale
>> >>>> and keyboard settings are okay.  Any suggestions?
>> >>> I've had this same problem, too. It started when I used a
>> >>> Breezy development build.
>> >>>
>> >>> If you do 'sudo chvt 1', you should get your virtual
>> >>> terminal. So it's just the keymapping that's changed.
>> >>>
>> >>> This doesn't solve anything, but it does narrow the scope
>> >>> somewhat.
>> >> I also had this issue on a laptop. Disabling usplash solved it for me.
>> >
>> > That doesn't seem to help me.  I have determined that the problem
>> > occurs the instant that gdm starts.  That is, until gdm starts, I can
>> > switch between VTs.  Any idea why gdm breaks VT switching?
>>
>> I used to have that problem with breezy. Are you using the nvidia binary
>> X server? If so, try changing to the open-source "nv" driver instead of
>> "nvidia" to see if that helps - I don't really know what fixed it for me.
> 
> Thanks for taking time to write.  Unfortunately, I am using the i810
> driver.
> 
> I810(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r)852GM/852GME/855GM/855GME Graphics Chip
> Accelerated VGA BIOS

Check the X log files for any (WW) warnings.  Pre-breezy release, I had this
problem, when there was a xkb issue.  Unfortunately, that's a long time
ago, and I don't recall the exact fix, but if you don't have any keyboard
warnings, it isn't relevant anyway.
-- 
derek