Can't Switch Betweem TTY And X

[Brian McKee]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Leonard Chatagnier
<lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> This is one of 3 posts this month that got no replies.
>  I know there may be several reasons why no replies
> are sent but would appreciate any help in resolving
> this issue as "startup messages" are a primary
> debugging tool for me.  Yes, did google and found many
> hits but no solution. Any help, suggestion is welcome.
>  Thank for reconsidering this post.

OK - so to recap you have no text ttys at Control-Alt-F1 thru 6, just
black screens.

Further, IIRC you are using gutsy.

Do you have an intel video card (part of motherboard or separate ?)
There was a bug in gutsy I ran into personally.

see bug 182165

The solution is to downgrade xserver-xorg-intel to
2.2.1.1-somthingorother and 'pin' it there instead of the 2.2.2.0

The problem is fixed in hardy.

Brian

If all the above is true - use Synaptic to downgrade the