Virtual terminals

[Steve]

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:51:05 -0000, Steve <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>  
wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:50:07 -0000, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Alain Muls wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> How do I enable the virtual terminals (Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc) in Karmic. I
>>> tried to look into the /etc/init/tty1.conf file, but I cannot determine
>>> how they are started and nothing is available in the virtual consoles.
>>>
>>> Tx/Alain
>>>
>>>
>> 	Your not going to a virtual terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F1. Your
>> dropping from a normal display to one that is below that one.
>> I now forget it's name but it is NOT a virtual terminal.
>>
>>
> They ARE virtual terminals.
>
> It doesn’t work on one of my machines, which was an upgrade from jaunty  
> and I’ve just installed GRUB2, I’m sure it used to work.  The machine  
> with the clean install works though.
>
There is a bug report for this problem with nVidia
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/483832

my machine uses SiS video though.

-- 
Steve