RE: secure boot questions

Stephen Morris <steve.morris.au@xxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 3 Jul 2025 09:09:39 +1000



        From: Robert McBroom via
            users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Sent: Tuesday, 1 July 2025 at
            14:19 UTC+10
        To: users
            <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Cc: Robert McBroom
            <robert.mcbroom@xxxxxxxxx>
        Subject: secure boot
            questions
      
      
    With
      secure boot enabled putting a 3 in the grub boot line to get a
      command session just gives a black screen. Fom a desktop session
      the ctrl,alt fn4 sequence just gives the efi heading on a blank
      screen.
      

      Is there a way to get a command session?
      

    On my Fedora F42 machine ctrl+alt+F4 gives me a command session as
    does ctrl+alt+F3, but results are unpredictable. In both situations
    ctrl+alt+F2 gets me back to the desktop, but if I went to a command
    session via ctrl+alt+F4 when I come back via ctrl+alt+F2 the desktop
    is showing a popup showing that I am using headphones, and if I went
    to the command session via ctrl+alt+F3 when I come back via
    ctrl+alt+F2 the desktop is showing a popup that shows what my volume
    level is set to.

    When I say the results are unpredictable, what those keyboard
    sequences do depends on what application I'm, if any, at the time.
    For example, if I'm in Thunderbird and have the text cursor
    positioned in the mail body both keyboard sequences give me a
    command session, but if the text cursor is sitting in the "Find in
    page" text box then ctrl+alt+F3 gives me a command session, but
    ctrl+alt+F4 does nothing.

    If you are using KDE/PLASMA, in the system settings there is a
    section for keyboard shortcuts, you may want to have a look at that
    to see what the keyboard sequences are set to.

    
    regards,

    Steve

    
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