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bheadmaster

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[SOLVED] How to switch tty without alt key?

My alt keys suddenly stopped working today, and I usually use tty2 for watching movies from terminal with mpv, as fullscreen videos on X hang for some unknown reason.

Is there a way to change tty2 without using the alt key?

Last edited by bheadmaster (2018-05-12 19:19:07)

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] How to switch tty without alt key?

chvt 2

bheadmaster

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Re: [SOLVED] How to switch tty without alt key?

chvt 2
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console

Does the fact I'm running X have anything to do with this?

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Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] How to switch tty without alt key?

`sudo chvt 2`

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bheadmaster

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Re: [SOLVED] How to switch tty without alt key?

That worked, thank you.

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