No consoles in Gutsy

[Frank McCormick]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:37:37 -0700
NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 07/28/2008 11:13 AM, Frank McCormick wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:52:44 -0400
> > Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Frank McCormick
> >> <fmccormick at videotron.ca> wrote:
> >> > Just discovered that I have no consoles in Gutsy (except for 7 of
> >> > course). Ctrl-Alt-F1--F6 just gives me a blank screen and puts the
> >> > monitor to sleep.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> intel video?   See
> >> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/182865>
> >> 
> >> If so, the short answer is downgrade and pin your xserver-xorg-intel
> >> back one version as apparently they can't fix it without rewriting too
> >> many other items.  Or upgrade to Hardy.
> > 
> > 
> >   That's the one. Damn. Guess I'll have to upgrade. Thanks Brian.
> > 
> > 
> 
> I am running xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.1.1-0ubuntu9.1 (gutsy-updates)
> with Intel Corporation 82865G and have no problems with consoles. What
> version of xserver-xorg-video-intel do you have installed?

   I now have 2:2.1.1-0ubuntu9.0 installed as I just downgraded. I guess I
had 9.1 installed. The downgrade fixed the console problem.

Cheers


-- 
Frank McCormick  fmccormick at videotron.ca