[Bug 520546] Re: Alt-f2 switches to virtual terminal 2

[Tuomas Suutari]

I can reproduce the bug in Ubuntu 18.04.1 by re-configuring keyboard-
configuration package (version 1.178ubuntu2.7) with DISPLAY being
unset/empty, e.g.:

    tuomas at matta:~ 0 $ sudo DISPLAY= DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
                       dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
    update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
    Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.1) ...
    update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-33-generic

And after running this Alt+F2 switches to VT2 even from X11.  When
switching back to X11 (with Alt+F1), it appears that the Alt+F2 also
goes to X11, since the krunner popup opens (bound to Alt+F2).

Running "sudo kbd_mode -s" in a terminal window within X11 makes the
Alt+Fx keys act normally again.

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Title:
  Alt-f2 switches to virtual terminal 2

Status in console-cyrillic package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I'm running Ubuntu Lucid development branch.

  Pressing alt-f2 switches the screen to the second virtual terminal.
  Alt-f3 does the same to the third and so on. I expected alt-f2 to open
  the run dialog.

  I'm pretty sure that my keyboard is not malfunctioning as I can use
  all my applications normally. (Pressing O and Ctrl-O do not have the
  same effect.)

  I'm not sure which package I should file this bug against. I'll
  happily do an apport-collect once I know.

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