Alt+Fn isn't functional. Has this been removed?

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Chris

2024-03-30 02:02:37 UTC

I just poured the dist files onto an earlier 15 (after removing
the earlier version). After booting into the new install, I no longer
had any other tty's other than ttyv0. Alt+Fn has no affect, I'm only
getting ttyv0. getty(8) is running, and a ps waux | grep getty shows
they're all up. Only things I saved from the older install were the
user/group databases, rc.conf,pf.conf,jail.conf, and wpa_supplicant.conf.

What do I need to do to further isolate this problem?

Thanks.

System info:

FreeBSD fbsd15 15.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #0
main-n268793-220ee18f1964:
Thu Mar 14 02:58:39 UTC 2024
***@releng3.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC amd64

CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1215U (2496.00-MHz K8-class CPU)

IdeaPad 3 17IAU7

Id Refs Address Size Name
1 95 0xffffffff80200000 1d527c0 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff81f54000 287e8 fusefs.ko
3 1 0xffffffff82d8f000 1e3228 i915kms.ko
4 2 0xffffffff82f73000 85090 drm.ko
5 1 0xffffffff82ff9000 22b8 iic.ko
6 2 0xffffffff82ffc000 40e9 linuxkpi_video.ko
7 3 0xffffffff83001000 7358 dmabuf.ko
8 3 0xffffffff83009000 3378 lindebugfs.ko
9 1 0xffffffff8300d000 c338 ttm.ko
10 1 0xffffffff8301a000 5760 cuse.ko
11 1 0xffffffff83020000 3390 acpi_wmi.ko
12 1 0xffffffff83024000 4250 ichsmb.ko
13 1 0xffffffff83029000 2178 smbus.ko
14 1 0xffffffff8302c000 91260 if_iwlwifi.ko
15 1 0xffffffff830be000 5f90 ig4.ko
16 1 0xffffffff830c4000 4d20 ng_ubt.ko
17 3 0xffffffff830c9000 bbb8 netgraph.ko
18 2 0xffffffff830d5000 a250 ng_hci.ko
19 2 0xffffffff830e0000 2670 ng_bluetooth.ko
20 1 0xffffffff830e3000 3218 iichid.ko
21 5 0xffffffff830e7000 3380 hidbus.ko
22 1 0xffffffff830eb000 21e8 hms.ko
23 1 0xffffffff830ee000 40a8 hidmap.ko
24 1 0xffffffff830f3000 3355 hmt.ko
25 1 0xffffffff830f7000 22cc hconf.ko
26 1 0xffffffff830fa000 2260 pflog.ko
27 1 0xffffffff830fd000 56540 pf.ko
28 1 0xffffffff83154000 3560 fdescfs.ko

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Chris

2024-03-30 06:29:34 UTC

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- does CTL-ALT-Fn work?

Thanks. But no, I tried that.

- perhaps the number of predefined ttys was overwritten/set to 0 somewhere?

I'm only aware of /etc/ttys, and they're all available (uncommented) and
ps(1) indicates getty(8) is running on all the normally assigned ttyv(n)'s.

Thanks for the reply!

--Chris

HTH
Michael

Post by Chris
I just poured the dist files onto an earlier 15 (after removing
the earlier version). After booting into the new install, I no longer
had any other tty's other than ttyv0. Alt+Fn has no affect, I'm only
getting ttyv0. getty(8) is running, and a ps waux | grep getty shows
they're all up. Only things I saved from the older install were the
user/group databases, rc.conf,pf.conf,jail.conf, and wpa_supplicant.conf.
What do I need to do to further isolate this problem?
Thanks.
FreeBSD fbsd15 15.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #0
Thu Mar 14 02:58:39 UTC 2024
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1215U (2496.00-MHz K8-class CPU)
IdeaPad 3 17IAU7
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 95 0xffffffff80200000 1d527c0 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff81f54000 287e8 fusefs.ko
3 1 0xffffffff82d8f000 1e3228 i915kms.ko
4 2 0xffffffff82f73000 85090 drm.ko
5 1 0xffffffff82ff9000 22b8 iic.ko
6 2 0xffffffff82ffc000 40e9 linuxkpi_video.ko
7 3 0xffffffff83001000 7358 dmabuf.ko
8 3 0xffffffff83009000 3378 lindebugfs.ko
9 1 0xffffffff8300d000 c338 ttm.ko
10 1 0xffffffff8301a000 5760 cuse.ko
11 1 0xffffffff83020000 3390 acpi_wmi.ko
12 1 0xffffffff83024000 4250 ichsmb.ko
13 1 0xffffffff83029000 2178 smbus.ko
14 1 0xffffffff8302c000 91260 if_iwlwifi.ko
15 1 0xffffffff830be000 5f90 ig4.ko
16 1 0xffffffff830c4000 4d20 ng_ubt.ko
17 3 0xffffffff830c9000 bbb8 netgraph.ko
18 2 0xffffffff830d5000 a250 ng_hci.ko
19 2 0xffffffff830e0000 2670 ng_bluetooth.ko
20 1 0xffffffff830e3000 3218 iichid.ko
21 5 0xffffffff830e7000 3380 hidbus.ko
22 1 0xffffffff830eb000 21e8 hms.ko
23 1 0xffffffff830ee000 40a8 hidmap.ko
24 1 0xffffffff830f3000 3355 hmt.ko
25 1 0xffffffff830f7000 22cc hconf.ko
26 1 0xffffffff830fa000 2260 pflog.ko
27 1 0xffffffff830fd000 56540 pf.ko
28 1 0xffffffff83154000 3560 fdescfs.ko

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Michael Gmelin

2024-03-30 06:37:01 UTC

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Post by Chris

- does CTL-ALT-Fn work?

Thanks. But no, I tried that.

- perhaps the number of predefined ttys was overwritten/set to 0 somewhere?

I'm only aware of /etc/ttys, and they're all available (uncommented) and
ps(1) indicates getty(8) is running on all the normally assigned ttyv(n)'s.
Thanks for the reply!
--Chris

In case you have a keymap defined on rc.conf, try commenting that out, reboot amd see if it makes a difference (as a debugging measure).

Cheers
Michael

Post by Chris

HTH
Michael

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Tomoaki AOKI

2024-03-30 08:02:28 UTC

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On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 19:02:37 -0700

Are you sure your function keys are actually function keys?
Not sure your IdeaPad is, but some Lenovo notebooks are configured
function keys as special (mute, radio,...) keys by default and needs to
configure in UEFI firmware to switch to function keys.
If it's the case, Fn+Alt+F2 would switch to vty1.

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