[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a problem on a debian etch machine: When the gdm screen comes, > Ctrl-Alt-Fn doesn't take me to any console. I have to log in as user, then > it works. Is this some "special" kind of security setting ??? > > I have this problem since a long, long time and could live with it, but > now one of my colleagues has the same problem and asks for advice... > >
According to http://www.debianhelp.org/node/1619: > > I've also been suffering from ctrl-alt-fn not working since a major > upgrade a few months ago, and found this page while searching. I > believe I've now found the solution. I have installed the xkb-data > package and removed the xlibs package. xlibs provided a set of > keyboard configuration files under /etc/X11/xkb, while xkb-data > provides the same stuff under /usr/share/X11/xkb. But there must be > some minor difference between the two versions since the xlibs stuff > doesn't have working ctrl-alt-fn while the xkb-data does. > -- Kent West Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]