On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 05:36:21PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > Bob McGowan wrote: > > > > I presume you mean that using the 'Alt-Ctl-F#' keys > > > > fails to switch to a tty console > Amy Templeton wrote: > > > Yes, that's correct. Also note that before I start X (or > > > after I exit it altogether), I *can* switch from VT to > > > VT with Alt-F#. > > So per a previous suggestion, I've attached my xorg.conf. I > don't see anything in there that would cause this. > > > > I am able to kill X with C-M-<backspace>. > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > so that means your C and M are mapped right, maybe your F > > keys aren't? this gets into things I don't know about, but > > that's where I'd look. Pull up a program that uses F keys > > and see if they work properly. or use xev to see what > > happens. > > I know for a fact that my F-whatever keys work correctly, > because I use them very frequently in Emacs (and have them > mapped to f# in the input file). > > It seems it may be a problem, however, with the > control-alt-F# keystroke getting sent to the current window > (or to the root window, if there is no window at present), > because when I hit C-M-F# (this means the same as writing > out ctrl-alt-F#), Emacs says that "<C-M-f#> is undefined." > Similarly, in an xterm, C-M-F1 prints "P" and C-M-F2 prints > "Q." It's very odd. Is there a way to make sure that X > intercepts these keystrokes, perhaps?
this is all really familiar, but is out of my little knowledge world
here. I believe that the behavior above is the problem and it must
have something to do with your keymaps, but beyond that I don't know.
... time passes...
okay, I grepped the archives a bit.
try this
xmodmap -pk | grep VT
mine shows:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xmodmap -pk | grep VT
67 0xffbe (F1) 0x1008fe01 (XF86_Switch_VT_1)
68 0xffbf (F2) 0x1008fe02 (XF86_Switch_VT_2)
69 0xffc0 (F3) 0x1008fe03 (XF86_Switch_VT_3)
70 0xffc1 (F4) 0x1008fe04 (XF86_Switch_VT_4)
71 0xffc2 (F5) 0x1008fe05 (XF86_Switch_VT_5)
72 0xffc3 (F6) 0x1008fe06 (XF86_Switch_VT_6)
73 0xffc4 (F7) 0x1008fe07 (XF86_Switch_VT_7)
74 0xffc5 (F8) 0x1008fe08 (XF86_Switch_VT_8)
75 0xffc6 (F9) 0x1008fe09 (XF86_Switch_VT_9)
76 0xffc7 (F10) 0x1008fe0a (XF86_Switch_VT_10)
95 0xffc8 (F11) 0x1008fe0b (XF86_Switch_VT_11)
96 0xffc9 (F12) 0x1008fe0c (XF86_Switch_VT_12)
this is from:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/02/msg02373.html
also, any (EE)rrors in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log
hth
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