Fullscreen terminal

[SC]

Sometimes the menu button becomes unresponsive, and pressing ctrl+alt during that time will switch the DE to a fullscreen terminal, as if ctrl+alt+[f1-f6] were pressed. I was able to trigger this a couple times (especially prior to running software updates), but forgot how. Note: this still happens occasionally, but less often and harder to trigger, with a fully updated Lubuntu 12.10 as of 3/11/13.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: lubuntu-desktop (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-25.39-generic 3.5.7.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 11 14:40:18 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-11 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[SC (stephenchiang-deactivatedaccount)]

Update: Something I noticed that seems consistent is that ever time ctrl+alt without an f-key takes me to the full screen terminal, it is always tty4. I also noticed that this tends to happen after pressing alt+f4 (which makes sense), but I can't see the connection.

[SC (stephenchiang-deactivatedaccount)]

I found out some more info on this bug. It seems that the F4 key is getting virtually stuck. I am coming to this conclusion because at times when I hold down alt, all my windows will start closing - a hint that alt+f4 is being pressed. This also supports the above case where pressing ctrl+alt enters tty4.

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

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