"Feng Shu" <tumashu@163.com> writes:

> Yestaday, I reinstall my guixsd, and install xfce4 as my desktop.
> A problem faced is that: When I press Ctrl-Alt-F1, F2, F3 ...
> I can not start a tty, instead of start a slim login picture?
>
> Any suggestion? thanks!

Just the other day, I discovered that in GNOME, I could not switch to a
virtual terminal by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2.  Instead, the screen would
simply appear to freeze until I pressed Ctrl-Alt-F7 again.

In my case, this problem only occurs when I've connected an external
monitor to my laptop.  When I unplug the external monitor, I am able to
successfully switch to a virtual terminal by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2.  If
you are using an external monitor, then perhaps you should try
unplugging it first?

-- 
Chris