I have no idea why, and unfortunately I do not have to investigate its cause, but for whatever reason this problem was fixed by itself when I upgraded the system of packages. All is well now. Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: John A. Wallace [mailto:jw72253@hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 9:07 AM > To: 'Herbert Poetzl' > Cc: 'vserver@list.linux-vserver.org' > Subject: RE: [vserver] multiple terminals > > With Gentoo Linux 3.13.11 with VServer 2.3.6.11 installed, I am sitting > at the console trying to open a second terminal on host machine. When > at the terminal of host, I cannot use the keys Alt+F1, Alt+F2, etc., to > open second instances of terminal. At first I thought it must be a > normal consequence of the VServer functionality. So I hoped installing > tmux to open another terminal would likely work, but it too does > nothing except return to the same terminal and prompt. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Herbert Poetzl [mailto:herbert@13thfloor.at] > > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 6:51 AM > > To: John A. Wallace > > Cc: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > > Subject: Re: [vserver] multiple terminals > > > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 07:50:52PM -0500, John A. Wallace wrote: > > > When I try using Alt+Fn to open another terminal, it does nothing. > > > Also, tmux fails to open. > > > > > What am I missing? > > > > Well, it would be a good start to describe what you are trying to do, > > what kernel and patch version as well as util-vserver is involved, if > > you are talking about the host or guest, etc. > > > > Best, > > Herbert