[TriLUG] How to get to text terminal when Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't work?

[Pete Soper via TriLUG]

On my 16.04 and 18.04 Ubuntu systems it's ctrl+alt+T, so maybe try that?
-Pete


On 12/15/18 12:10 PM, Nathan Yinger via TriLUG wrote:
> I recently got a Pi-Top. Obviously, when I booted it up, the first thing I
> did was hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to do to the text console...and nothing happened.
> Plugging in another keyboard and hitting Ctrl-Alt-F1 on the other keyboard
> works, but not with the built-in keyboard. The Ctrl, Alt, and Fn keys all
> work normally, except when trying to get to the text console.
>
> Any idea what could cause that, or another way to get to the text console?
> chvt can change to a text terminal, but it only works if you are already in
> a text terminal. loadkeys is supposed to be able to change the shortcut,
> but that can only be run from a text terminal...