When installing Gentoo, I can't switch between virtual terminals. What's the catch?

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lovesuper2014-07-03 13:08:57

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lovesuper, 2014-07-03 13:08:57

The Gentoo handbook says that when installing gents with minimal sid, you can switch between terminals using Alt+F1 F2, etc... But for some reason this feature does not work out of the box during installation. Even though I didn't get to do anything. Just booted from the minimum sit. Can anyone suggest how to fix this?

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lovesuper, 2014-08-15
@lovesuper

The solution turned out to be simple! I just activated Fn mode on the Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 keyboard. Here's the thing. Disabled Fn mode and everything worked normally.

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VBKesha, 2014-07-03
@VBKesha

Try CTRL+SHIFT+F1-8, CTRL+ALT+F1-F8

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kresska, 2014-08-15
@kresska

Alt not working? What's the keyboard? what image? have you tried both violas?