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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 1997 12:52:06 +0100 (CET)
From:      Mariusz Potocki <potok@friko.onet.pl>
To:        shegonee@ix.netcom.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.com
Subject:   RE: virtual terminal doesn't recognize Alt-F2
Message-ID:  <XFMail.971111125925.potok@friko.onet.pl>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971110025837.007bfbf0@popd.ix.netcom.com>

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On 10-Nov-97 shegonee@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.1 with no problems except that after I boot up
>I can only access one virtual terminal. If I press Alt-F2 or Alt-F3, the
>control character arn't "caught" by the OS and get passed to the shell
>which just spits back a message saying command not found.
>I don't have this problem with my other FreeBSD machine with the same 
>version of the OS. I don't think its a keyboard problem because I also
>have Win95 on the same machine and Alt keys seem to work fine.
>Any ideas what the problem could be? 

Sometime help if you include in kernel:
options ASYNCH

Mariusz

        "verba volant,
                scripta manent"



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