ALT-F[1-8] switches to text console
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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console-tools (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
kbd (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
Related bug: bug 463762 (probably exactly the same bug)
not only ALT-CTRL-F[1-8] switches to the text console from X-Server, but also ALT-F[1-8] does this switching. I don't know where this comes from, but it breaks lots of stuff, i.e. ALT-F4 to close an app, ALT-F2 to open the quick-start-applet, ... This happens not only on my desktop, but also on a GDM login desktop too.
Strange thing is that if I switch back to the X-Server from the text console with ALT-F7, the actual keyboard action is executed in the X-Server, i.e. if I press ALT-F4, the text console is shown, when I switch back, the current application is closed!
I saw this a while ago after update from 8.04 to 10.04 LTS on a different laptop (Toshiba with Nvidia graphix), and now the same bug on a fresh install of 10.10 on Lenovo X200t.
I am using Russian keyboard layout. Once I delete the Russian keyboard layout and log-out, the bug is gone. But even without the Russian layout the bug returns after reboot. But then it goes away after I add the Russian layout and log out then log in. It seems that changing the layout disables the bug until next reboot.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.DP.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DP.2:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DP.3:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1280x800
edid-base64: AP/////
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Mon Mar 7 00:52:19 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 7448CTO
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 12/02/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7WET67WW (3.17 )
dmi.board.name: 7448CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 7448CTO
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: maverick
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.35-
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
affects: | xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) → console-cyrillic (Ubuntu) |
summary: |
- ALT-F[1-8] switches to text console in Maverik + ALT-F[1-8] switches to text console in Natty |
tags: | added: natty |
Related bug: bug 463762
affects: ubuntu → console-cyrillic (Ubuntu)
The problem is apparently with console-cyrillic package. If console cyrillic is not started at boot time, the bug does not appear.
However, the Cyrillic support is not enabled on the text console in this case! Very annoying.