CTRL + ALT + F1 not working on Gnome 3.28.2 with GTX1060

C3n21 · 07-18-2018, 01:42 AM

Goodmorning everyone!
I'm new on the forum and in the Linux world but I'm really liking it.

However, I'm having a quite big issue on my desktop as I can't boot in any tty (actually I only have one tty running properly I guess):

Code:

systemctl list-units|grep getty
  getty@tty1.service                                                                        loaded active running   Getty on tty1                                                             
  system-getty.slice                                                                        loaded active active    system-getty.slice                                                         
  getty.target

I've already looked everywhere on the net, I've tried to add nomodeset in the grub configuration file

Code:

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

and many clean reinstallation of Debian.

Furthermore I've also tried other distros (Ubuntu 16.04) and the problem persists.

Currently I have Nvidia's driver installed but I don't remember if I've installed them from the repository or from Nvidia's forum (however the latter is more probable).

Code:

sudo lshw -c video
  *-display                 
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:131 memory:de000000-deffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff

I also have a dual-boot with Windows 10 on another disk.

Following is my disks configuration:

sdb (SSD 128GB) Windows 10
sdc (HDD 1TB) Windows data
sda (Another HDD 3TB) Debian and separeted /home partition

Thanks in advance for your help!

TheEzekielProject · 07-18-2018, 08:04 PM

Are you saying you can't login at all on any other tty than the one your computer boots to? Or that only one boots your desktop environment?
It's fairly normal (at least in my experience) to only have one tty that boots a desktop environment and the others only provide text based (console) login.

But if you mean you can only login period on one tty, I have heard of distros that disable the "extra" tty's. A quick glance at a google search for disabling extra tty's shows a number of results e.g. https://askubuntu.com/questions/3570...onsoles-tty1-6.

Hope this helps

Mill J · 07-18-2018, 10:03 PM

Try chvt

C3n21 · 07-19-2018, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEzekielProject

Are you saying you can't login at all on any other tty than the one your computer boots to? Or that only one boots your desktop environment?
It's fairly normal (at least in my experience) to only have one tty that boots a desktop environment and the others only provide text based (console) login.

But if you mean you can only login period on one tty, I have heard of distros that disable the "extra" tty's. A quick glance at a google search for disabling extra tty's shows a number of results e.g. https://askubuntu.com/questions/3570...onsoles-tty1-6.

Hope this helps

I was mistaken, I think tty1 loads the gdm3 while in tty2 I have the Desktop Environment.

I don't think Debian has disable other ttys because running chvt 1-6 it works perfectly...

C3n21 · 07-19-2018, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mill J

Try chvt

It works! So I guess it's a problem with the shortcut isn't it?

C3n21 · 07-24-2018, 02:22 AM

UPPETE!

C3n21 · 07-26-2018, 08:35 AM

Mill J · 07-26-2018, 11:13 AM

Is there still a problem? If not you can Mark this thread solved, you'll find it under Thread Tools at the top of the page.

Habitual · 07-26-2018, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C3n21

Goodmorning everyone!
I'm new on the forum and in the Linux world but I'm really liking it.

There is a lot to like, my friend.
Great Morning.

Quote:

Originally Posted by C3n21

It works! So I guess it's a problem with the shortcut isn't it?

By "guess" you mean "clue"? Ya sure.

Verify?

Welcome to LQ and the "Wide, wide world of..." Linux
Perfect opening post. I like you already.

Don't "guess". Deduce!
Peace out!

John
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going to" - Beverly Sills

Code:

sudo apt-get install debian-handbook

AwesomeMachine · 07-26-2018, 08:04 PM

I've found that if ctrl+alt+Fx fails to switch, it's because the console is already set there.

C3n21 · 07-27-2018, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine

I've found that if ctrl+alt+Fx fails to switch, it's because the console is already set there.

The problem is that even if I try CTRL + ALT + F3..6 it fails without any apparently reason...

C3n21 · 07-27-2018, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual

There is a lot to like, my friend.
Great Morning.

By "guess" you mean "clue"? Ya sure.

Verify?

Welcome to LQ and the "Wide, wide world of..." Linux
Perfect opening post. I like you already.

Don't "guess". Deduce!
Peace out!

John
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going to" - Beverly Sills

Code:

sudo apt-get install debian-handbook

Thank you for you greet but I've already looked almost everywhere and nobody seems to have my same issue and resolved it yet.
It's been almost a year and I still can't use the CLI mode

TheEzekielProject · 07-27-2018, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C3n21

I was mistaken, I think tty1 loads the gdm3 while in tty2 I have the Desktop Environment.

I don't think Debian has disable other ttys because running chvt 1-6 it works perfectly...

Could you clarify? gdm3 is a only a graphical login manager. It provides the graphical interface to login, as opposed to a console (text-based) login.

I am not aware of anyway to switch directly into a Desktop Environment without first having to go through a login process. Could you tell me how you set this up?

ferrari · 07-27-2018, 03:00 AM

Some more information might help here:

1) Debian version?

2) Systemd? If this is the case, examine logind.conf and report back

Code:

cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf

Reference:
https://manpages.debian.org/jessie/s...conf.5.en.html

C3n21 · 07-27-2018, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEzekielProject

Could you clarify? gdm3 is a only a graphical login manager. It provides the graphical interface to login, as opposed to a console (text-based) login.

I am not aware of anyway to switch directly into a Desktop Environment without first having to go through a login process. Could you tell me how you set this up?

I mean when I type

Code:

chvt 1

it brings me to the gdm3, so in my opinion the login manager is in some way binded to the tty1.

However if i type

Code:

chvt 2

it takes me to the Desktop Environment.

Furthermore if I type

Code:

chvt n

n is a number between 3 and 6 included, I get the regular text-mode.

Of course I have to login first, otherwise I couldn't even get into text-mode because as I said, CTRL + ALT + Fn doesn't work at all.