<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks, Lutz. I just tested in two 13.04 environments: <ul> <li>Build 1 - ASROCK H67M-ITX/HT Mini-ITX motherboard, Kernel module i915, Xorg video intel</li> <li>Build 2 - the darned Intel D2550MUD2 mobo mentioned below</li> </ul> Both of them are described in detail at <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Etexadactyl">https://launchpad.net/~texadactyl</a> . Build 1 works fine. Build 2 is a screwup. I should just install Windoze 7 on Build 2 and eBay it. It keeps giving me false negatives and it wastes everyone's time. Folks, I would stay away from all PowerVR graphics, especially Intel GMA 3600 and GMA 3650. If you must use Intel products, try to stay mainstream like the i915 type of Build 1. Richard On 09/24/2013 01:22 PM, Richard Elkins wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:5241D871.7070105@gmail.com" type="cite">There are emergencies (E.g. hosed desktop) when one would like to gather evidence and find out who is doing what to whom -or- who is waiting for whom. I have always used Ctrl-Alt-Fn to break out of desktops for this purpose. I would have found this quite helpful in writing up a bug report yesterday. Unfortunately, it seems that I cannot do this in Xubuntu which is, of course, XFCE4-based - at least in the later releases. When I press Ctrl-Alt-F1/2/3/4/5/6, my keyboard and mouse are no longer functional although the screen is still there. Is the screen hiding the tty login prompt? My getty sessions are running as evidenced by `ps ax | grep getty` in a terminal window. Fortunately, when I press F7, I am taken back to normal desktop operation. Could anyone shed some light on this? I really would like to learn what component(s) are causing this anomalous behavior. And, I'd like to fix this if possible. Again, if it is my @#$%^&!!! Intel D2550MUD2 motherboard, I am going to sue Intel into insolvency! (-: Thanks, Richard </blockquote> </body> </html>