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On Ubuntu 8.04 it all works fine for me. Ctrl + Alt + (F1-F6) all load into tty1-6 correctly and Ctrl + Alt + F7 drops me back into a GNOME session. Regards, Ross Bearman On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:32:26 +0100, peter <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am not sure I have the terminology correct here, but I used to be able >> to do away with the GUI and into one of a number of "terminals" by >> pressing (I think) Ctrl, Alt, F2 to F10? >> >> This was use full when things get a bit screwed up as one can quite >> elegantly shutdown. >> >> But I do not seem able to do it any longer? >> >> I am using Ubuntu, can anyone suggest what the key sequence is? >> >> All the best >> >> Peter L-J > > Hi Peter, > > In my experience, if you boot Ubuntu with all the fancy graphical startup > nonsense, then for some reason your "normal" terminals become unavailable. > Editing your bootloader's config file (/boot/grub/menu.list in most normal > Ubuntu cases) and removing the "splash" and "quiet" sections seem to work > for me. > > Grant. > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html