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    CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    Hello, I have been having trouble with the terminal. When I press the CTRL+ALT+F1 (or F2/F3/F4/F5/F6 for that matter) it doesn't bring up the terminal. I installed Ubuntu 11.04 just 3 days ago on my Alienware M14x laptop and at first I was able to see the terminal when I pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 but now I don't.

    When I press CTRL+ALT+F1 the mouse pointer disappears and the GUI becomes unresponsive. Only when I press the CTRL+ALT+F7 the mouse pointer comes back and the GUI starts working again.

    I thought the problem was with the GNOME console and reinstalled GNOME from Synaptic Application manager. But it didn't work in the same session. When I rebooted and tried CTRL+ALT+F1 I could see the terminal and it was working fine. I rebooted again and the same problem: when I press CTRL+ALT+F1, it doesn't bring up the terminal! Please, I need help!

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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    Hi, to open the terminal it is ctrl+alt+t,
    the f1 thru f6 takes you out to the tty and you have to enter your username and password to use it and f7 brings you back to the desktop.
    Thank you

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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    Thanks for your reply wildmanne39! As you suggested, the CTRL+ALT+t key works the question still remains, why doesn't the CTRL+ALT+F1 key work?

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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    Hi, from your description it does.

    When you it ctrl+alt+f1 it takes you to a black screen it is different from the terminal, tty you enter your login name, then password and you can use it pretty much like a terminal, but as far as I know ctrl+f1 has never open the actual terminal.

    So is the problem you are trying to use tty and it has crashed?
    Thank you

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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    I think you are right, I think it was yesterday, when I tried to open the TTY (or terminal) by hitting CTRL+ALT+F1, the terminal didn't show up and GUI became unresponsive. And in a panic I hard-rebooted the system. I think that's when it crashed. And now it doesn't work. But I hoped reinstalling GNOME would have fixed it but apparently, it's not.

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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    Hi, what version of ubuntu are you using?
    Thank you

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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    I am using Ubuntu 11.04

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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    Hi, here is one site that talks about that problem but read carefully the whole page before you think about making changes, and if you are unsure post for help and hopefully someone will answer.
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/43386...-out-ttys-back

    Also you can goggle tty will not work in ubuntu and you will get more results.

    I am off for tonight it is getting late here.
    Thank you

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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    Quote Originally Posted by wildmanne39 View Post
    Hi, to open the terminal it is ctrl+alt+t,
    the f1 thru f6 takes you out to the tty and you have to enter your username and password to use it and f7 brings you back to the desktop.
    Thank you
    mmm not picking but for clarity for the OP, tty and the terminal are no different. The gnome-terminal uses the first tty or tty0

    Every instance of it after that is incremented.

    ctrl+alt+f1 etc are virtual consoles still using tty or teletypewriter.

    If you type tty from a terminal window it will tell you what tty you are using. If you open multiple instance of a terminal then each tty will show an incremented number from the one you started with.

    i read your post like the terminal and tty were different which i suppose they are in terms of pts and tty but pts is still using a tty, perhaps you werent saying that though, in which case my apologies for butting in LOL
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    Re: CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the Terminal

    Ctrl + Alt + F1 (through F6) take me to a blank black screen.

    When I hit Ctrl Alt F7 my desktop gets all distorted (see the screenshot).

    Is it the NVIDIA proprietary driver just sucking? I'm on a laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce video card.

    I'm using a fully updated Natty 11.04 Ubuntu. I'm in Ubuntu Classic (no Unity). I have Compiz installed.
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