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We are unable to switch from X to a virtual terminal on Rocky Linux. xmodmap -pke and dumpkeys results are the same as CentOS 7. Ctrl+Alt+F6 on Rocky (below) has no effect. chvt works. Switching between virtual terminals works as expected. We tried a different keyboard.

xev on CentOS 7 also shows a VisibilityNotify event (after Control+L and Alt+L) and the KeyRelease is for F6 - not XF86Switch_VT_6.

xev on Rocky Linux:

KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
    root 0x17e, subw 0x0, time 3843595, (195,941), root:(1265,972),
    state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
    root 0x17e, subw 0x0, time 3843627, (195,941), root:(1265,972),
    state 0x4, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
    root 0x17e, subw 0x0, time 3845130, (195,941), root:(1265,972),
    state 0xc, keycode 72 (keysym 0x1008fe06, XF86Switch_VT_6), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
    root 0x17e, subw 0x0, time 3846507, (195,941), root:(1265,972),
    state 0xc, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
    root 0x17e, subw 0x0, time 3846555, (195,941), root:(1265,972),
    state 0x8, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False*
Giacomo1968
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We installed a newer release of Rocky Linux and the problem disappeared. I think it was Rocky-8.4-x86_64 to Rocky-8.5-x86_64.

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  • So what was it a newer release of? X? Something else? Decent self-solved answer but needs that bit of clarity. – Giacomo1968 Jan 31 '22 at 21:15
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  • Good point - I revised it. Thanks – William Dickerson Mar 02 '22 at 18:48