Ctrl Alt F11 gives me trouble
Jason Filippou
I run Testing with KDE and accidentally hit ctrl alt f11 instead of
some kde effects combination. As a result of this, I was given a
prompt I couldn't propery interact with, and then I hit cltr alt
delete to restart my system. When I logged into my Debian partition, I
realized that the system fonts had all been altered and made quite
uglier and less readable and my system sounds aren't playing by
default: I receive a notification from Phonon that my audio device
isn't playing correctly and that it's falling back to pulseaudio. This
is interesting, because I don't have pulseaudio in my system; I have
removed it.
When I rebooted, I was told that I needed to login to a root shell for
maintenance and perforn an fsck. So I did, but the problem persists
What do I do to regain my Debian partition's full functionality?
Thanks in advance.
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Nate Bargmann
> Hello,
>
> I run Testing with KDE and accidentally hit ctrl alt f11 instead of
> some kde effects combination. As a result of this, I was given a
> prompt I couldn't propery interact with,
That key combination put you into virtual console 11. Ctl-F1 would
have put you into the first VC and Ctl-F7 would have put you back into
X. Typically Debian sets up VCs 1-6 as console logins and 7 on up for
graphical (X) logins. If you have more than one user defined on your
system you can do a "Switch User" from KDE's Logout or Leave memu and
you'll be presented with another KDM prompt where the other user can
login. From that user's KDE Ctl-Alt-F7 will put you into your KDE
session and Ctl-Alt-F8 will put you into the other user's KDE.
- Nate >>
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Tony Nelson
> * Jason Filippou <jason.f...@gmail.com> [2009 Nov 13 06:22
> -0600]:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I run Testing with KDE and accidentally hit ctrl alt f11 instead of
> > some kde effects combination. As a result of this, I was given a
> > prompt I couldn't propery interact with,
>
> That key combination put you into virtual console 11. Ctl-F1 would
> have put you into the first VC and Ctl-F7 would have put you back
...
*Alt*-F1, not Ctl-F1. Ctl-Alt-F1 would also work.
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Chris Jones
> Hello,
>
> I run Testing with KDE and accidentally hit ctrl alt f11 instead of
> some kde effects combination. As a result of this, I was given a
> prompt I couldn't propery interact with,
What did the prompt look like? How were you unable to properly interact
with it?
If I hit Ctrl-Alt-F11 from my X session, all I see is an empty screen.
> and then I hit cltr alt delete to restart my system.
/etc/inittab should tell you what Ctrl-Alt-Del is mapped to, usually
'shutdown -t1 -a -r now', which should have given you a clean reboot.
Are you sure nothing else happened?
> When I logged into my Debian partition, I realized that the system
> fonts had all been altered and made quite uglier and less readable
What do you mean by 'system fonts'?
Do you mean the messages while the system is booting.. the fixed font on
the linux console after you login from the prompt.. the widget fonts in
gnome, KDE..?
> and my system sounds aren't playing by default: I receive a
> notification from Phonon that my audio device isn't playing correctly
> and that it's falling back to pulseaudio. This is interesting, because
> I don't have pulseaudio in my system; I have removed it.
Well at least the bright side is that you will enjoy some peace and
quiet while you fix the problem ;-)
> When I rebooted,
What's the exact scenerio.. did you reboot a second time?
> I was told that I needed to login to a root shell for maintenance and
> perforn an fsck.
Are you sure you didn't do a hard reset at some point?
Was the fsck succesful?
You may want to su to root and shut down the system like so to force an
fsck when the it restarts:
# shutdown -h -F now
See what it tells you.
> So I did, but the problem persists
You mean the fonts..? the audio..? or does a reboot always take you back
to a root shell for maintenance every time you reboot..?
> What do I do to regain my Debian partition's full functionality?
You need to give more information as to what you did, what you are
seeing, and what is not functional at this point.
CJ
Nate Bargmann
> On 09-11-13 08:08:35, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > * Jason Filippou <jason.f...@gmail.com> [2009 Nov 13 06:22
> > -0600]:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I run Testing with KDE and accidentally hit ctrl alt f11 instead of
> > > some kde effects combination. As a result of this, I was given a
> > > prompt I couldn't propery interact with,
> >
> > That key combination put you into virtual console 11. Ctl-F1 would
> > have put you into the first VC and Ctl-F7 would have put you back
> > into X. ...
> ...
>
> *Alt*-F1, not Ctl-F1. Ctl-Alt-F1 would also work.
Correct. I was hurrying off to work this morning. Sigh...
- Nate >>
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Nate Bargmann
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 07:04:16AM EST, Jason Filippou wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I run Testing with KDE and accidentally hit ctrl alt f11 instead of
> > some kde effects combination. As a result of this, I was given a
> > prompt I couldn't propery interact with,
>
> What did the prompt look like? How were you unable to properly interact
> with it?
>
> If I hit Ctrl-Alt-F11 from my X session, all I see is an empty screen.
I see a blinking cursor in the upper left hand corner which is what I
assumed he was referring to.
- Nate >>
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Daniel Burrows
> When I logged into my Debian partition, I
> realized that the system fonts had all been altered and made quite
> uglier and less readable and my system sounds aren't playing by
> default
This sounds a lot like you had upgraded a bunch of software but never
loaded the new versions until you rebooted (e.g., because you didn't
restart your desktop session after upgrading KDE).
Daniel
Chris Jones
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 02:04:16PM +0200, Jason Filippou <jason.f...@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> > When I logged into my Debian partition, I realized that the system
> > fonts had all been altered and made quite uglier and less readable
> > and my system sounds aren't playing by default
>
> This sounds a lot like you had upgraded a bunch of software but
> never loaded the new versions until you rebooted (e.g., because you
> didn't restart your desktop session after upgrading KDE).
That's why I don't run KDE.. I hate being dropped to single user mode
and asked to run a manual fsck the next time I reboot ;-)
CJ
Jason Filippou
solve the grief produced by playing with the kde fonts through system
settings and, of course, uninstalling pulseaudio, which I had thought
to have been already uninstalled.
Thank you all for your time.