I think I once experienced this problem - the solution I used was to press alt+sysrq+r before trying to switch TTYs - this puts the keyboard in RAW mode, which I believe stops X intercepting the keystrokes. Not sure if/why this works, but hope it helps
On 12/5/07, Elijah Newren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Dec 4, 2007 3:35 PM, Christian Kirbach > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:07:59 +0100, Craig Keogh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > I have build gnome-2.22 using jhbuild. However, when I log into jhbuilt > > > Gnome, I can't switch displays using Ctrl-Alt-F7 - Ctrl-Alt-F10. The > > > keypress is ignored. How do I enable this? > > > > I've noticed this, too. I have not investigated this further but I am now > > using Xnest to run an Xserver > > instance in a window. As a workaround you can also ask for a new login > > instead off logging out. > > But switching X sessions like this is really tedious. > > I'm not sure if this is the same issue as Joseph was having and > figured out earlier, but it sounds like it may be. Maybe his email > will be of some use, I'll quote it here: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Elijah, > > I resolved the VT-switching problem I mentioned in an email on 19Feb07: > > Short Answer > ------------ > Configuration issues with the GARNOME build of libxklavier-3.1. > > > Longer Answer > ------------- > VT-switching failed to work because the keyboard map selected when the > desktop came up was borked. > > A keyboard map that supports VT-switching should contain entries similar > to the following: > > [ from 'xmodmap -pk' ] > ... > 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) > ... > > Instead, Fn was seen to be mapped to Fm, where m = n + 10. Manually > altering the keyboard map restored VT-switching. > > Hmmm... What's going on? > > Bringing up gnome-keyboard-properties provided a clue. From the Layout > tab, the only keyboard model available was "generic". Normally there is > a lengthy list to choose from. Hmmm... Something is amiss. > > Looking at the X11/keyboard dependencies for gnome-keyboard-properties > led the an examination of the GARNOME build for libxklavier-3.1, which > unearthed the root cause of the problem: > > Fedora-like systems no longer install everything X11-related > under /usr/X11R6. Most X11-related files are installed directly > under /usr. > > > In particular, > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb --> /usr/share/X11/xkb > /usr/X11R6/bin/xkb* --> /usr/bin/xkb* > > > Re-configuring the build for libxklavier: > > CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-xkb-base=/usr/share/X11/xkb \ > --with-xkb-bin-base=/usr/bin > > resolved the problem. > > The GAR makefile for libxklavier in GARNOME SVN-trunk has been updated > with optional configuration args. > > > Live an learn... > > > -Joseph > _______________________________________________ > gnome-love mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love > _______________________________________________ gnome-love mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love
