Unexpected behaviour: Super/Alt + Left/Right arrows switch between tty's

[Bob Merhebi]

This is an unexpected behavior which I sometimes face. I am not sure yet what causes it but rebooting does not solve it.

The issue is that a combination of keys switch between tty's:

1) Super + Left/Right arrow
2) Alt + Left/Right arrow

Expected behavior:
1) Arrange window into right/left half
2) Go back/forward in a browser

While I was writing this I was checking this behavior and suddenly the Gnome session on tty # 2 disappeared. I was on the tty terminal and logged out. Powering off the system stopped this behavior.
However, system extensions (using Tweak Tool) were turned off after starting the system.

[Dennis Wulfert (dwulfert)]

I got another unexpected behavior. I am facing this issue after an update and a reboot.

The issue is that a combination of keys switch to TTY's:

1) Super + F1-F6
2) Alt + F1-F6

Expected behavior:
1) Alt + F4 → exiting focused program
2) Alt + F2 → gnome command prompt
3) Alt + F1, F3, F5, F6 → nothing

[Dennis Wulfert (dwulfert)]

I got my unexpected behavior from a script. This script runs in a chroot and modifies the "Console-loadkeys"

This worked for me:
`(sudo dumpkeys | grep -v -E 'keycode *84 ' | grep Console >/dev/null) && (sudo dumpkeys | grep -v Console | sudo loadkeys)`
It looks for some Console keycodes and removes them.

So in my conclusion it is not an unexpected behavior from Gnome.

[Dennis Wulfert (dwulfert)]

(sudo dumpkeys | grep -v -E 'keycode *84 ' | grep Console >/dev/null) && (sudo dumpkeys | grep -v Console | sudo loadkeys)