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

[JD]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Rick Stevens  wrote:
> On 06/23/2014 12:20 PM, JD issued this missive:
> > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Laing, Robin
> > <[e-mail] > 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.

​Thank you Rick.
As I already replied to the list, getty is indeed running:
​
​$​
  ps -ef | grep getty
root      2194     1  0 Jun22 tty2     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty2
root      2199     1  0 Jun22 tty3     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty3
root      2202     1  0 Jun22 tty4     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty4
root      2205     1  0 Jun22 tty5     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty5
root      2208     1  0 Jun22 tty6     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty6
root      2211     1  0 Jun22 tty7     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty7
root      2214     1  0 Jun22 tty8     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty8
root      2217     1  0 Jun22 tty9     00:00:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty9
​
My KB also issues ^[OQ when I press the F2 key by itself.

I am going to try another idea and get back to the list.
I am suspecting something in my

~/.gconf/
~/.gconfd/
~/.gnome2/
​~/​.gnome2_private/