On 2011-08-13 02:12, Maurice Janssen wrote: > On 08/13/2011 06:58 AM, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote: >> On most PCs I've handled, I change across consoles using alt+ctrl+f2, >> alt+ctrl+f3, etc. >> >> I've now installed OpenBSD on an iBook G4, which doesn't quite have >> f1-f12 keys. >> >> It has a "brightness-up" key, and if I press fn+brightness_up, it works >> like an f2 key. >> >> HOWEVER, if I press ctrl+alt+fn+brightness_up, this will not switch me >> over to tty2 for some reason. >> >> Is there any workaround for this? How have users of similar notebooks >> handled this? > > Run tmux or X. Multiple virtual consoles are only supported on i386, > amd64, zaurus and some alpha (according to FAQ 7.4). > > Maurice
Thanks, I failed to see that when I went looking around the first time. I didn't know some architectures didn't support serveral virtual consoles - I actually related the issue to the wierd keyboard :P I've been using tmux for now, and will keep on doing that, thanks :) -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
