On Fri 04 Aug 2023 at 15:36:35 (+0200), Kamil Jońca wrote: > Kamil Jońca <kjo...@o2.pl> writes: > > [...] > Ugh. This laptop has keyboard where Fn keys have dual function (quite > common nowadays) and under F1 was kind of 'Sleep'. So when I press > Ctrl-Alt-F1 it goes to sleep, and with F2/F3 there were no reaction as > these keys have no other meaning. > When I press Ctrl-"fn switch"-Alt+F1 I got console. > Thanks for everyone for ensuring me that consoles are still in Debian > and sorry for the noise.
On some laptops, the BIOS can switch between treating the Function keys as you reported here, or its opposite. The terminology varies: here, Lenovo call it HotKey Mode, and HP call it Action Keys Mode. Cheers, David.
