Can't Switch Betweem TTY And X

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 06/30/2008 09:55 AM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > --- NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> >> 
> >> Leonard, this may have been asked previously; if
> you
> >> boot as a different
> >> user are you able to switch tty's?
> >> 
> > Hi, Gary,
> > 
> > Thanks for the tip.  Did it; but no joy. I can
> switch
> > from TTY7(X window) to any other TTY(1-8) and get
> the
> > login prompt and the boot print out on tty1 but
> then
> > can't change back to tty7 or any other tty. 
> Loging in
> > on the tty doesn't make any differenct; can't get
> out
> > of it and have to do a kdm restart to get back to
> > login screen.  CNTl-ALT-BACKSPACE doesn't kill X. 
> > Good old Hardy is working fine so far.  Thanks for
> the
> > suggestion,
> 
> If you'd added no vga= options in your
> /boot/grub/menu.lst file that
> might be the cause, then I'd try booting into
> recovery mode and trying
> option 4 (xfix) and see if using the automagic xorg
> will sort it out. Be
> sure to back up your existing xorg files first.
>
There are no vga= options in menu.lst.  Had an old
saved one with it set but not in the one that gives me
the issue.  I'll try the recovery mode option 4 to see
what happens though. And backup xorg.conf.
 
> Do you remember what you did in the dpkg-reconfigure
> debconf that may
> have created the problem? Perhaps enabling
> framebuffers etc? Perhaps if
> you do it again the menus will jog your memory.
> 
Sorry but no remember.  I just checked most of the
entries and probably set some to values seemingly more
appropriate.  Have already reconfigured debconf a few
times hoping it would jog my memory and for some
reason I don't see the full menu items I did the first
time and guess what.  There was no keyboard item
listed.  I'll give it a retry and maybe see the full
list again.
>

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net