Cntrl-Alt-F[2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12] do not work

[Rick Stevens]

On 06/23/2014 12:20 PM, JD issued this missive:
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Laing, Robin
> <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca <mailto:Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca>> wrote:
>
>     On 2014-06-22 13:20, JD wrote:
>      > Using Mate on FC20, with latest updates.
>      > Cntrl-Alt-F keys never worked from the very first login into Mate
>     Desktop.
>      >
>      > These are the installed mate packages. Am I missing something?
>      >
>      > It my be worthwhile to note that at the login screen, Cntrl-Alt-F
>     keys DO
>      > WORK!!
>      > After login, into mate desktop, they stop working.
>      >
>
>     Is there something that is happening to the keyboard mapping?  My
>     keyboards require a function key to be set to use the Function keys.  Is
>     this being reset when Mate starts?
>
>
>     showkey can be used to see if they are working.
>
>     On my keyboard, if the F lock button is not pushed, then the keys send
>     anything.
>
>
>     xkeycaps as well.
>
>
>
> ​My KB is the laptop's KB (Dell Latitude E6500)
> There is no F-Lock key that I can see.​
> Tried showkey and pressed Cntrl-Alt-F2
>
>
> # showkey
> kb mode was ?UNKNOWN?
> [ if you are trying this under X, it might not work
> since the X server is also reading /dev/console ]
> press any key (program terminates 10s after last keypress)...
>
> ​By the above warning, it seems useless to try showkey under X
> But here goes ....​
>

Trying them from my machine...

> keycode  29 press

That's correct for the left control key

> keycode  56 press

That's correct for the left ALT key

> keycode  60 press

Looks OK for the F2 key on my machine. Note that it also echoes
"^[OQ" when I press F2.

> keycode  60 release
> keycode  56 release
> keycode  29 release
>
> ​And still no effect.​

If you're trying to get to a text console, please make sure the
getty.target service is running:

	# systemctl status getty.target

If it's not running, then the system won't spawn an agetty for the
console you're trying to get to. IIRC, getty.target is wanted by the
multiuser.target, so if you launched X by some means other than via
a multiuser boot, then that's likely your problem.
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