Alt + f4 switches to virtual terminal

James Wilkinson fedora at aprilcottage.co.uk
Thu Sep 17 21:50:48 UTC 2009


Philip Munksgaard wrote:
> I installed Fedora 11 today on my laptop, and i'm quite liking it so far.
> 
> I have one small problem though: When i try to close windows by pressing alt
> + f4, i Fedora switches to a virtual terminal, as if i was pressing ctrl +
> alt + f4. And it's the same with all function keys.
> This is quite annoying, and i'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be like
> that, so i figured i might ask for help here.
> 
> Apart from all that, i've also noticed that alt + left/right arrow switches
> terminals as well.

Probably a silly question, but do you have two “Alt” keys on your
keyboard? Does it work the same if you use either “Alt” key?

James.

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