Switching virtual terminals

[Jim Dever]

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.