*From:* Robert McBroom via users <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, 1 July 2025 at 14:19 UTC+10
*To:* users <[email protected]>
*Cc:* Robert McBroom <[email protected]>
*Subject:* secure boot questions
With secure boot enabled putting a 3 in the grub boot line to get a
command session just gives a black screen. Fom a desktop session the
ctrl,alt fn4 sequence just gives the efi heading on a blank screen.
Is there a way to get a command session?
On my Fedora F42 machine ctrl+alt+F4 gives me a command session as does
ctrl+alt+F3, but results are unpredictable. In both situations
ctrl+alt+F2 gets me back to the desktop, but if I went to a command
session via ctrl+alt+F4 when I come back via ctrl+alt+F2 the desktop is
showing a popup showing that I am using headphones, and if I went to the
command session via ctrl+alt+F3 when I come back via ctrl+alt+F2 the
desktop is showing a popup that shows what my volume level is set to.
When I say the results are unpredictable, what those keyboard sequences
do depends on what application I'm, if any, at the time. For example, if
I'm in Thunderbird and have the text cursor positioned in the mail body
both keyboard sequences give me a command session, but if the text
cursor is sitting in the "Find in page" text box then ctrl+alt+F3 gives
me a command session, but ctrl+alt+F4 does nothing.
If you are using KDE/PLASMA, in the system settings there is a section
for keyboard shortcuts, you may want to have a look at that to see what
the keyboard sequences are set to.
regards,
Steve
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