Switching between virtual terminals while Qt application running

I'm using Qt-Embedded 4.5.1 on Linux using the vesafb frame buffer on an intel platform under BusyBox.

When the system boots, my application starts on the console from a line in /etc/inittab as...

Code:

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::once:-/bin/sh -c "/path/app -qws"

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I have the QWS_KEYBOARD set in /etc/profile as

Code:

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export QWS_KEYBOARD="TTY:/dev/tty0"

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The problem is that I can't switch to other virtual terminals using CTRL+ALT+F* while my application is running, or after my application exits. Any help would be appreciated.

-Mic

I guess the problem is that your application directly writes into the framebuffer and "overwrites" the kernel's consoles. But thats just my theory. You could try a smaller window so that your application does not occupy the whole screen and see whether you can see the consoles underneath.