On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 06:10:25PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 04 Apr 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:26:02AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On my AMD64 etch system, cntl-alt-F1 has stopped giving me a text > > > console a month or two ago. Now I haven't been doing anything much to > > > it excpet for regular upgrades, and the installation of an ocasional new > > > Debian package. Anyone have any ideas where to start looking? > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > > > Linux april 2.6.18-3-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 17:04:37 CET 2006 x86_64 > > > GNU/Linux > > > > $ uname -a > > Linux snoopy 2.6.24-1-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Mar 27 16:52:38 UTC 2008 x86_64 > > GNU/Linux > > > > I had similar experience sometime ago. Then problem disapeared as I > > updated system. So if suggestion by others does not work, think about > > moing to a newer kernel in unstable. > > > > (But watch out. One kernel update caused me to loose my network device > > ue to kernel bug in unstable.) > > > > That hasn't worked here for at least a year. And now I can't even close > X with ctrl-alt-del.
How about "sudo chvt 1" to go to /dev/tty1 Are you in unstable or testing? Are you using Macbook? I am using it with pommed package. Without it, I neeed fn-key to be pressed. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
