On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 20:30:54 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:08:22 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Mon,14.Sep.09, 03:07:04, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> I just downloaded and burned a new Debian testing netinstall CD last > >> week, and used it to install testing. > >> > >> Everything went well, but after installation, when I tried using > >> ctrl-alt- F1 to switch to a virual console, nothing happened. > >> > >> How do I go about getting such a console? I can get a root command > >> window, but if I end up upgrading X sometime, that doesn't seem the > >> best place to be controlling the upgrade from. > > > > Does 'chvt' work? > > Nope: > > hend...@ninja:~$ chvt 1 > Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console > hend...@ninja:~$ chvt 2 > Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console > hend...@ninja:~$
Try it again as root. Also, check if you see the Switch_VT_* symbols configured if you run this: xmodmap -pke | grep VT -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
