Alternate text consoles

[Joe Zeff]

I've long been accustomed to using the alternate text consoles because 
there are times that something's stuck on the GUI or there are similar 
needs to be taken care of.  Now, I've installed F 35 Xfce spin on my new 
laptop and they're not available.  Is there something you have to 
configure now to allow it or have they simply removed this feature?

[Samuel Sieb]

On 2/11/22 12:27, Joe Zeff wrote:
> I've long been accustomed to using the alternate text consoles because 
> there are times that something's stuck on the GUI or there are similar 
> needs to be taken care of.  Now, I've installed F 35 Xfce spin on my new 
> laptop and they're not available.  Is there something you have to 
> configure now to allow it or have they simply removed this feature?

Assuming you mean the CTRL-ALT-F? consoles, F35 workstation still has 
them and I would be surprised if the XFCE spin changed that.

[Ed Greshko]

On 12/02/2022 16:07, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 2/11/22 12:27, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > I've long been accustomed to using the alternate text consoles because there are times that something's stuck on the GUI or there are similar needs to be taken care of.  Now, I've installed F 35 Xfce spin on my new laptop and they're not available.  Is there something you have to configure now to allow it or have they simply removed this feature?
>
> Assuming you mean the CTRL-ALT-F? consoles, F35 workstation still has them and I would be surprised if the XFCE spin changed that.

Oh, I tested this in an XFCE spin in a  VM and it works fine.

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[Joe Zeff]

On 2/12/22 01:07, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> Assuming you mean the CTRL-ALT-F? consoles, F35 workstation still has 
> them and I would be surprised if the XFCE spin changed that.

That's what I'd  have expected.  I'm using a new Gateway laptop and when 
I checked the Gateway website, there are no support forums or contact 
forms, just a chat module that took so long to get a human on the  line 
that I gave up.  I seriously doubt that anybody who'd answered would 
have the faintest idea what I was talking about, let alone what to do 
about it.

[Tim]

Samuel Sieb:
> > Assuming you mean the CTRL-ALT-F? consoles, F35 workstation still
> > has them and I would be surprised if the XFCE spin changed that.

Joe Zeff:
> That's what I'd  have expected.  I'm using a new Gateway laptop and
> when I checked the Gateway website, there are no support forums or
> contact forms, just a chat module that took so long to get a human on
> the  line that I gave up.

Is your keyboard one of those that you have to press some Fn key to
make the f'n function keys work?

Test out your F keys in something, see if they do what you expect.

[Joe Zeff]

On 2/12/22 15:19, Tim via users wrote:
> Is your keyboard one of those that you have to press some Fn key to
> make the f'n function keys work?
>
> Test out your F keys in something, see if they do what you expect.

AHA!  I'd tried pressing the Fn key at the same time as the others and 
it didn't work.  Pressing and holding it first and then the other three 
together works.

[Richard England]

On 2/12/22 14:24, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 2/12/22 15:19, Tim via users wrote:
> > Is your keyboard one of those that you have to press some Fn key to
> > make the f'n function keys work?
> >
> > Test out your F keys in something, see if they do what you expect.
>
> AHA!  I'd tried pressing the Fn key at the same time as the others and 
> it didn't work.  Pressing and holding it first and then the other 
> three together works.

Ain't technology wonderful(ly frustrating)?

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