Mike Burger wrote: > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Douglas Alan wrote:
> > Ever since I upgraded to Red Hat 8.0, the virtual consoles have become > > broken. They work when I first boot the computer, but after some amount > > of time they stop working. I.e., if I type ctrl-alt-F1 or ctrl-alt-F2, > > etc., all I get is a black screen. > > Since I usually run at run-level 3, this is particularly annoying. I > > have to go to another computer and ssh to my computer in order to run > > startx. > > Any idea what is going on and how I can fix it? > If you're running at level 3, you don't ctrl-alt-Fkey...you just alt-fkey. That's not the problem. Even if you are at level 3, you need the ctrl key to get away from the X display. And if you are in a virtual console, the ctrl key doesn't hurt anything, even if it isn't strictly necessary. |>oug -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
