No virtual ttys

[Richard Atcheson]

On Wednesday 29 December 2010 10:11:27 Georg Denk wrote:
> my laptop (Asus K52JC, Intel graphics, Ubuntu 10.04) does not give me
> a virtual tty when I enter ctrl-alt-F1 (or F2..F6). The result is just
> some distorted picture of the desktop. Switching back to X11 via
> ctrl-alt-F7 restores the screen again and I can continue.
> 
> I'm missing these virtual ttys (e.g. when I need to switch to a
> different run level).

Georg, I have a Dell laptop and it's almost the same.  I get a blank screen 
with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner and it remains mute/blinking 
no matter what I type.  Only ctrl-alt-f7 restores the desktop.

My wife's Dell is similar only the display goes really weird until c-a-F7 
restores it.  We both run 10.10.  They did the same on 10.04.

Being new to Ubuntu, I thought it was a 'feature.'  The same laptops on 
Opensuse worked fine in that regard.

Richard