I could no longer bring up the terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F1 with 'Separate X screen'

[Vitaliy Kulikov]

Binary package hint: xorg

I have two monitors and use 'Separate X screen' mode.
So, I could no longer bring up the terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F1 with 'Separate X screen'.

Works perfect when use 'Disabled' mode.
Not tried 'TwinView' mode.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 9 22:14:41 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu9
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic-pae root=UUID=f31aa22e-9f5a-4d5a-88ac-90c6cab9bd43 ro priority=low quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.49-generic-pae
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu9
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic-pae i686
dmi.bios.date: 11/21/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: MQ96510J.86A.1755.2008.1121.0001
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DP965LT
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAD41694-208
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrMQ96510J.86A.1755.2008.1121.0001:bd11/21/2008:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDP965LT:rvrAAD41694-208:cvn:ct3:cvr:
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-15-generic-pae

[Vitaliy Kulikov (slonua)]

i had the same issue .. so can't remember the fix actually ... but could u try to change ur boot process,

so, change /etc/default/grub to:

-------------start-------------
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT="10"
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entrys
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"
----------------end--------------

and run
$ sudo update-grub

i think that the main idea is to remove 'splash' from
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

(also try to remove 'quiet')