Re: [gentoo-user] Switching back to console
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:28:29 -0600 Conway S. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:27:20 -0700 Andrey Falko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:48 AM, ionut cucu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list! For some time now (I seem to recall this not working a few weeks back ) I can't seem to be able to switch back to console from X with Ctr+Alt+Fn. Xev sees Ctr+Alt+Fn keycode as Fn keycode(don't know if this is expected behaivor or not). I can't the console to work neither from kde-svn nor from fluxbox. I have not defined no particular keyboard layout, I'm just using the default one. I have defined some key mappings for other keys, none of them involves F keys, and the behaivor is the same weather I use the mappings or not. Could you perhaps give me a hand with this? When you press CTRL+ALT+F1 for instance, do you get a black screen? Nope nothing Or do you remain in the fluxbox/kde X session? There is no freeze up either right? Nope I don't know how much it will help, but can you post all of the xorg files you edited? Just xorg.conflong long time ago Maybe someone will spot something unusual... Hopefully, I've just attched it. Specifically, look for a: Option DontVTSwitch true line in xorg.conf, and if it's there remove it or change it to false. Nope not there Another option to look for in xorg.conf is HandleSpecialKeys. Also check your Xorg.log files (maybe after increasing logging verbosity) for anything relevant, like XKEYBOARD extension errors. Good luck, Conway S. Smith Sorry for the delay xorg.conf Description: Binary data
Re: [gentoo-user] Switching back to console
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:48 AM, ionut cucu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list! For some time now (I seem to recall this not working a few weeks back ) I can't seem to be able to switch back to console from X with Ctr+Alt+Fn. Xev sees Ctr+Alt+Fn keycode as Fn keycode(don't know if this is expected behaivor or not). I can't the console to work neither from kde-svn nor from fluxbox. I have not defined no particular keyboard layout, I'm just using the default one. I have defined some key mappings for other keys, none of them involves F keys, and the behaivor is the same weather I use the mappings or not. Could you perhaps give me a hand with this? When you press CTRL+ALT+F1 for instance, do you get a black screen? Or do you remain in the fluxbox/kde X session? There is no freeze up either right? I don't know how much it will help, but can you post all of the xorg files you edited? Maybe someone will spot something unusual...
Re: [gentoo-user] Switching back to console
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:27:20 -0700 Andrey Falko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:48 AM, ionut cucu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list! For some time now (I seem to recall this not working a few weeks back ) I can't seem to be able to switch back to console from X with Ctr+Alt+Fn. Xev sees Ctr+Alt+Fn keycode as Fn keycode(don't know if this is expected behaivor or not). I can't the console to work neither from kde-svn nor from fluxbox. I have not defined no particular keyboard layout, I'm just using the default one. I have defined some key mappings for other keys, none of them involves F keys, and the behaivor is the same weather I use the mappings or not. Could you perhaps give me a hand with this? When you press CTRL+ALT+F1 for instance, do you get a black screen? Or do you remain in the fluxbox/kde X session? There is no freeze up either right? I don't know how much it will help, but can you post all of the xorg files you edited? Maybe someone will spot something unusual... Specifically, look for a: Option DontVTSwitch true line in xorg.conf, and if it's there remove it or change it to false. Another option to look for in xorg.conf is HandleSpecialKeys. Also check your Xorg.log files (maybe after increasing logging verbosity) for anything relevant, like XKEYBOARD extension errors. Good luck, Conway S. Smith
[gentoo-user] Switching back to console
Hi list! For some time now (I seem to recall this not working a few weeks back ) I can't seem to be able to switch back to console from X with Ctr+Alt+Fn. Xev sees Ctr+Alt+Fn keycode as Fn keycode(don't know if this is expected behaivor or not). I can't the console to work neither from kde-svn nor from fluxbox. I have not defined no particular keyboard layout, I'm just using the default one. I have defined some key mappings for other keys, none of them involves F keys, and the behaivor is the same weather I use the mappings or not. Could you perhaps give me a hand with this?
