Switching virtual terminals
Jim Dever
jdever at triad.rr.com
Thu Jun 12 23:37:19 UTC 2008
Ric Moore wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 22:56 -0400, Jim Dever wrote:
>> Ric Moore wrote:
>
>>> Wow, it must be in the way the key combination works out in the
>>> resultant ASCII code. I wonder if you switched your keyboard setting to
>>> US instead of "Hail the Queen" if that would set ctrl-alt-F7 to rights,
>>> as well as your other keys?? It's a thought. When trouble shooting with
>>> a shotgun, you gotta hit something! Ric
>>>
>> Well you won't believe this but I found the problem. This keyboard has
>> ALT keys on both sides of the space bar. The one on the left works
>> fine. Switches terminals and even takes me back to X. The ALT key on
>> the right does nothing. How's that for strange!
>>
>
> Ha! I don't think I've ever tried using the right alt-key. So, that
> didn't occur to me. I've always used the left hand one. That IS strange
> though! Thanks for providing us with what you found! Ric
>
Well I feel kinda stupid about the whole thing now but you're quite
welcome. With my physical disabilities it's just easier to use the
right one. And Right-CTRL-ALT-Fx does take you to the virtual terminal
from X. It just doesn't do anything once you're in text mode.
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