I can reproduce it but only in: * GNOME Shell 3.36.4 * KDE Plasma Shell 5.18.5
But in XFCE, LXDE, LXQT, MATE and others <Ctrl>+<Aly>+<F(n)> works fine for me. At first, I've tried to use `sudo chvt 2` for switching form KDE on tty1 to Raw Console on tty2. After switching to tty2 <Ctrl>+<Aly>+<F(n)> works as in early days. It doesn't depends on video drivers or kernel flags and etc. For my laptop I've got the same for nvidia:455.38 and for i915, with modeset and with nomodset, with GFX grub mode and without. But I guess, this is not a system or hardware problem, because there are no any troubles with small environments. So after some research I found, that you can use `sudo kbd_mode`. So for me `sudo kbd_mode -af` works fine without reboot. * Laptop: DellXps 15 9570 4K Touch * Operating System: Kubuntu 20.04 * Kernel Version: 5.8.0-7630-generic #32~1605108853~20.04~8bcf10e~dev-Ubuntu (from system76) * OS Type: 64-bit * Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz * Memory: 15,4 Gib Unfortunately I cannot find `DontVTSwitch` option in xorg.conf-like all-over the system, as was said for example here: * https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/34158/rebinding-disabling-ctrlaltf-virtual-terminal-console-switching I think it'll be better solution. The solution of Fredrik Öhrström (oehrstroem) also sounds great. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758512 Title: No virtual terminals (CTRL+ALT+F?) when no user logged in; erratic behaviour when user logged in. Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As of today's 18.04 version, on a dell xps-13 (the old i7-4500U one), to reproduce: - boot Ubuntu - Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 (or F3 or...) Expected behaviour: virtual console should appear with login prompt. Actual behaviour: nothing happens. When a user is logged in, Ctrl+Alt+F3 switches to terminal tty3... However, hitting first Ctrl+Alt+F1 and, subsequently, hitting Ctrl+Alt+F3 does not show tty3, and remains at the graphical login screen but keyboard and mouse are unresponsive until either Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F? are pressed, being ? the virtual terminal the ubuntu session is running at. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gdm3 3.27.92-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Mar 24 10:11:26 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-05 (1418 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-03-22 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1758512/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
