Switching virtual terminals

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 22:56 -0400, Jim Dever wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:

> > Wow, it must be in the way the key combination works out in the
> > resultant ASCII code. I wonder if you switched your keyboard setting to
> > US instead of "Hail the Queen" if that would set ctrl-alt-F7 to rights,
> > as well as your other keys?? It's a thought. When trouble shooting with
> > a shotgun, you gotta hit something! Ric
> > 
> 
> Well you won't believe this but I found the problem.  This keyboard has 
> ALT keys on both sides of the space bar.  The one on the left works 
> fine.  Switches terminals and even takes me back to X.  The ALT key on 
> the right does nothing.  How's that for strange!
> 

Ha! I don't think I've ever tried using the right alt-key. So, that
didn't occur to me. I've always used the left hand one. That IS strange
though! Thanks for providing us with what you found! Ric

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