Hi, Mart, On my system-based Gentoo system, GDM runs on VT7. I've got text consoles on the first six, though I'm only logged into four of those. And no, control + alt + any function key does nothing when I press it from a logged-in Gnome session other than the screen reader announcing the keys as I press them.
Furthermore, super does nothing nor does F10 by itself or with alt, super or control. Only key I can get to do anything is alt + F2 or, when I'm in an application like a browser, alt + f4 to close it. Any further thoughts? Thanks, Keith -----Original Message----- From: Mart Raudsepp <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Keith Wessel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Switching virtual consoles after logging into Gnome Hello, > But if I want to get back to, say, virtual console 1 while being > logged into Gnome, I can't, at least not by the usual means. Did you try other virtual consoles? With systemd, GDM runs on VT1, so there won't be a text virtual console there if you use GDM. In that scenario, it's likely VT2 is your logged in user GNOME session, unless you had agetty opened up there before logging in. > I'm wondering if anyone has encountered this and, if so, if they've > managed to fix it. I'm wondering if it could be a keyboard map issue. > I also discovered that alt + F10 doesn't pull up the Gnome menu Alt+F10 is the shortcut to toggle between maximized and restored (non- maximized) state. Super+F10 is for global application menu, while F10 is for normal menu opening (gear menu for new HIG apps and menubar in old-style stuff). Super is the key between Ctrl and Alt. > and numlock is > always on; pressing it doesn't seem to turn it off. In fact, I've only > been able to use alt + F2 to open the command dialogue where I can > then run things like my browser or, to log out, gnome-session-quit. If > it is my keymap, can anyone advise me on resetting or changing that? The whole interface is changed compared to GNOME 2, and I suspect that's what you are experiencing here. There is no global "Start Menu" or Application tree menu. Hitting Super (and releasing it without pressing anything else besides the modifier) will open up the activities overview. In there you can launch application by starting to type the name, or browse the installed applications. There are extensions that restore the old thing a bit, but I'm not sure how accessible they are. Best, Mart
