Ctrl-Alt-F2 does not work

[Tom H]

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/09/2011 12:27 AM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:50 PM, JD<jd1008 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On 04/08/2011 03:41 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:38 PM, JD<jd1008 at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>>> with fc14, have not been able to to switch
>>>>> to the text console by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2
>>>>> or F3 ...etc, even after latest updates,
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the config file that controls that behavior??
>>>> Check with ps whether the gettys are running.
>>>>
>>>> The files that set them up and launch them are
>>>> "/etc/init/start-ttys.conf" and "/etc/init/tty.conf".
>>> I do not see anything in those files
>>> for me to config. Could my problem be more
>>> gnome related or Xserver related?
>> KMS-related...
> "related" does not explain the problem.
> When it was suggested that I remove kms
> from the boot params in order to speed up
> workspace switching, it worked. But Ctrl-Alt-Fn
> stopped working. re-introducing kms fixes
> the alt-ctrl-Fn function, but does not slow
> down workspace switching, and it does let me
> view the whole boot process. So, give us all
> a break. No one seems to know how the same
> "solution" is both the cause of the problem
> and the solution to the problem.
>
> It must be something else!

No.

I had to look at the archive to understand what you're talking about.

This http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2011-April/395222.html
clearly shows that your VT problem is KMS-related - since adding
nomodeset to your kernel line killed your VTs.

Whether the speed of your workspace switching is or isn't, I have no idea.