ctrl-alt-F<n> doesnt work

maginotjr · 06-30-2005, 01:35 PM

I think the topic say everything, when I press ctrl+alt+F2 or F3 or F4 and so on nothing happens.

Slackware 10.1 | kernel 2.6.12.1 | Gnome Dropline 10

gbonvehi · 06-30-2005, 01:36 PM

Are you using runlevel 4 (straight into X)?

maginotjr · 06-30-2005, 01:44 PM

yeah
runlevel 4 here...

inittab file:

Code:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

# System initialization (runs when system boots).
si:S:sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.S

# Script to run when going single user (runlevel 1).
su:1S:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.K

# Script to run when going multi user.
rc:2345:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.M

# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -r now

# Runlevel 0 halts the system.
l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.0

# Runlevel 6 reboots the system.
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.6

# What to do when power fails.
pf::powerfail:/sbin/genpowerfail start

# If power is back, cancel the running shutdown.
pg::powerokwait:/sbin/genpowerfail stop

# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux

# Local serial lines:
#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

# Dialup lines:
#d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS0 vt100
#d2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1 vt100

# Runlevel 4 used to be for an X window only system, until we discovered
# that it throws init into a loop that keeps your load avg at least 1 all
# the time. Thus, there is now one getty opened on tty6. Hopefully no one
# will notice. ;^)
# It might not be bad to have one text console anyway, in case something
# happens to X.
x1:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.4

# End of /etc/inittab

gbonvehi · 06-30-2005, 01:56 PM

As you can see there:

Code:

# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux

Consoles from 1 to 5 won't open on runlevel 4, change that lines to:

Code:

# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:
c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux

Genesee · 06-30-2005, 01:56 PM

the numbers in the second column relate to runlevel in which each agetty is run - you can try adding a "4" in there.

EDIT: gbonvehi beat me to it

maginotjr · 06-30-2005, 02:05 PM

but why ctrl-alt-f6 doesnt work too ?

gbonvehi · 06-30-2005, 02:18 PM

It's really hard to know that... did it work before dropline? Does ctrl+alt+backspace kills X?

maginotjr · 06-30-2005, 03:20 PM

yeah.

Ctrl-backspace kills X and I have enable the other virtual consoles already and nothing... with runlevel 3 I can alternate and if I kill GDM I can alternate too

It means that I cant alternate using X ?

;/

gbonvehi · 06-30-2005, 03:26 PM

You should be able to alternate using X, try selecting another window manager while running in level 4, maybe there's some key binds overriding ctrl+alt+fX in dropline.

ve2mrj · 07-01-2005, 08:06 AM

edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and in the section:

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DisableVidModeExtension" "false"
Option "DontZoom" "false"
Option "DisableModInDev" "false"
Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "Always"
EndSection

In some config, there is no Section "ServerFlags" you have to do that
section.

The most important is the:

Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "Always"

Richard

piete · 07-01-2005, 08:22 AM

A friend of mine recently had a similar problem, VT switching wasn't happening. We spent months on the problem ... installing packages, uninstalling packages, playing with all sorts of things ...

It turned out that his keyboard wasn't set up properly in X, so the keymaps for the F keys just weren't right!

The moral of this story is to always make sure xorg.conf contains the proper (pc/104 compared to pc/102, I think his problem was) details for your keyboard!

- Piete.

perfect_circle · 07-01-2005, 08:31 AM

DO you have a Microsoft keyboard?
Some of them have different key bindings for the F keys.
Did this work before or didn't this never work?
A friend of mine bought a new microsoft keyboard and the F keys did not work.
In the tutorial section there is a guide of how to fix this, if this is the case:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=290

maginotjr · 07-01-2005, 09:38 AM

yeah ... this worked before... I dont remember exactly what moment, but this is why Im searching some answers...

I use my notebook keyboard. I think this function stoped after installing Dropline Gnome 2.10 O_o
but Im not sure...

If someone knows where to make this functions keys works, some conf file I dont know.. ;///

zborgerd · 07-01-2005, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gbonvehi
You should be able to alternate using X, try selecting another window manager while running in level 4, maybe there's some key binds overriding ctrl+alt+fX in dropline.

If it works in runlevel 3 then it is likely something that is happening after X11 is initialized. Does it happen if you start in runlevel 3 and then run "startx"?

I'm thinking keybindings here.

Create a new user account and then start GNOME. See if it happens then. Somethiing may be mucked in that particular account's keybinding settings.

Also, if you have this enabled in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then it will most certainly disable VT switching:

Code:

    Option     "DontVTSwitch"

Comment that out if it is uncommented.

keefaz · 07-01-2005, 11:26 AM

[edit]
I misread the initial post

Maybe an interesting test would be to telinit 3 and
attempt to switch consoles from here

Quote:

with runlevel 3 I can alternate and if I kill GDM I can alternate too

If you kill GDM in runlevel 3 or 4 ?