Fwd: Can't Switch Betweem TTY And X

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:19:18 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Can't Switch Betweem TTY And X
> To: Ubuntu Mailman <mailman at lists.ubuntu.com>
> 
> 
> Am running gutsy x86_64 and can't get a
> tty(cntl-alt-F1-F6) to open after doing a
> dpkg-reconfigure debconf. Playing with debconf came
> about after reading a post about it but I can't be
> certain the problem didn't preceed it. Have done a
> couple of dpkg-reconfigure debconf since but no
> help.
> Have rebooted a few times; no joy.  Am running
> Kubuntu
> desktop as preference on a full Ubuntu install. 
> From
> X when I do a cntl-alt-Fx the screen just goes
> black,
> no login screen, nothing but black and I can get
> back
> to X with cntl-alt-F7. If I do a tty call on boot, I
> get the  start up messages and login screen but
> can't
> get back to X unless I restart kdm.  At this point
> while in X I can get tty1 but not tty2-6 and still
> have to restart kdm to get back to X.
> Would apreciate some clues on getting back normal
> tty
> function with the cntl-alt-F1-F7 keys. I'd provide
> more info if I knew what was apprepriate.  Thanks
> for
> any comments,
> 
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 


Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net