[Bug 441399] [NEW] chvt fails with "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console"

[David Henningsson]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kbd

Checkbox test failed - it did not switch between terminals as expected.
Ctrl-Alt-F1 still works, though.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1:  ubuntu     3208 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c:   ubuntu     3208 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     3208 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'CK804'/'NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at irq 22'
   Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC850 rev 0'
   Components	: 'AC97a:414c4790'
   Controls      : 42
   Simple ctrls  : 27
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Juli'/'ESI Juli@ at 0x9400, irq 16'
   Mixer name	: 'ICE1724 - multitrack'
   Components	: ''
   Controls      : 36
   Simple ctrls  : 15
CheckboxCommand: gksudo $CHECKBOX_SHARE/scripts/cycle_vts
CheckboxData: No, but Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F7 works as expected. running  "Chvt 1" in a terminal returns "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console"
CheckboxTest: chvt
CurrentDmesg:
 Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: [   78.320885] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
 [   80.520006] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 comm: file 2 is not in sorted order
 [  149.120174] Marking TSC unstable due to cpufreq changes
 [  149.652048] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -222360616 ns)
Date: Sat Oct  3 13:59:58 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
IwConfig:
 lo        no wireless extensions.
 
 eth0      no wireless extensions.
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Beta amd64 (20090929.2)
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-11-generic 2.6.31-11.36
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=sv console-setup/layoutcode?=se
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-11-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.19
RfKill:
 
SourcePackage: linux
Tags: checkbox-bug
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 05/02/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2
dmi.board.name: NF-CK804
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd05/02/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnNF-CK804:rvrx.x:cvn:ct3:cvr:

** Affects: kbd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug checkbox-bug

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chvt fails with "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441399
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