Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Shawn wrote: On March 8, 2007, Jorge Almeida wrote: I suppose I must try that next monday. I will also try us XkbLayout. Until then I'm connected via ssh to the gentoo part and then chroot to the LFS part... BTW, I have a small(?) problem that may or may not be related. On booting, the console cursor (i.e. the blinking underscore) appears misplaced. I can login but the cursor is a few lines above. If I change to another VT and then come back, the cursor becomes normal. Is this a symptom of some known problem? Jorge: I too came from gentoo. Like others, i used the /etc from gentoo as examples to config my lfs/blfs system. Though this is not a bad idea as far as giving you/me ideas as to how to config the system, a wholesale copy from one system to the next will not work. The people at gentoo have spent a lot of time customizing their distribution. They also Yes, that is true in general, but does it apply to the configuration of X? I didn't copy the contents of /etc, which is probably what differs most between distributions. But I think the contents of xorg.conf are just a xorg thing, unrelated to, say, baselayout. customize the kernel. The most noticeable difference is in sysvinit. Well, I'm in the worst case scenario, because I don't use sysvinit!:) I'm trying runit as substitute to init. Till now, the system boots and the stage 2 services are running (currently only 5 gettys and gpm). No networking yet, because I don't know for sure how to approach the problem (it seems that it would spread over stage 1 and stage 2...) No ofence intended None taken, I assure you. if this is obvious to you. It is just a friendly reminder. :) Shawn Jorge -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Alberto Hernando wrote: El Thursday 08 March 2007 11:46:34 Jorge Almeida escribió: I'm trying xorg in BLFS stable. I can startx and it works (the default wm appears, with the xterm and the clock). The problem is that I can't switch virtual consoles when I'm in X. Before startx and after killing X, I can switch VCs. While in X, with the xterm selected, pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 prints 'P' in the xterm window, Ctrl-Alt-F2 prints 'Q', etc. I installed xorg in /opt/xorg. I tried the nvidia and the nv drivers. Both work and the problem is the same. Hi. I asked this some time ago. Search for messages on 17-12-06 (12-17-06 for the rest of you ;) In case you are using x.org-7.1, It was said it was a known bug. If not... then I don't know. But x.org-7.2 is out there. I'm waiting for it to be included in blfs and I'll try it. Well, the thread is enlightening. I installed x.org-7.1, as I follow the stable version. I just noticed that the development version doesn't have xorg-7.2 yet. This is not the kind of thing I would try by myself. Didn't you try the suggestion of Dan Nicholson about xkeyboard-config? If I understood it, I could install xkeyboard-config without uninstalling any other package. Thanks. Jorge-- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X
On 3/8/07, Alberto Hernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I asked this some time ago. Search for messages on 17-12-06 (12-17-06 for the rest of you ;) In case you are using x.org-7.1, It was said it was a known bug. If not... then I don't know. But x.org-7.2 is out there. I'm waiting for it to be included in blfs and I'll try it. It still stands that you could try installing xkeyboard-config over the top of xkbdata. You might want to try installing into a DESTDIR once or twice to make sure the installed files go to the right location. As for 7.2, I'd like to get there, but am a bit busy trying to figure out why binutil's testsuite is failing on this damn Fedora box. But I will get there soon. You can look at the blfs-dev archives from a few weeks ago with a thread on Xorg-7.2. DJ Lucas and Joe Ciccone talk about the changes they needed to make to get 7.2 up. Both those guys know what they're doing and you could follow their advice pretty safely. Once I get through my LFS issues, the things I'll be working on are: dbus, hal, fontconfig, freetype and xorg. Hopefully that happens soon. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X
- Original Message - From: Jorge Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X I'm trying xorg in BLFS stable. I can startx and it works (the default wm appears, with the xterm and the clock). The problem is that I can't switch virtual consoles when I'm in X. Before startx and after killing X, I can switch VCs. While in X, with the xterm selected, pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 prints 'P' in the xterm window, Ctrl-Alt-F2 prints 'Q', etc. I installed xorg in /opt/xorg. I tried the nvidia and the nv drivers. Both work and the problem is the same. TIA. I think you have Option DontVTSwitch in your xorg.conf. It disallows the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Fn sequence (where Fn refers to one of the numbered function keys). That sequence is normally used to switch to another 'virtual terminal' on operating systems that have this feature. When this option is enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and is passed to clients. Default: off Lauri -- ___ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Lauri Kasanen wrote: I think you have Option DontVTSwitch in your xorg.conf. Nope. It's commented. Anyway, the xorg.conf file is just a copy of the xorg.conf I have (in working conditions) in the Gentoo part of the box. Jorge -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X
On 3/8/07, Jorge Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Lauri Kasanen wrote: I think you have Option DontVTSwitch in your xorg.conf. Nope. It's commented. Anyway, the xorg.conf file is just a copy of the xorg.conf I have (in working conditions) in the Gentoo part of the box. Could you attach xorg.conf? Maybe Xorg.log, too, if you see anything unusual. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X
On March 8, 2007, Jorge Almeida wrote: On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Dan Nicholson wrote: On 3/8/07, Jorge Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver kbd Option AutoRepeat 500 30 Option XkbRules xorg Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us_intl EndSection One thing to think about here is that if you're following BLFS, we haven't moved over to the new xkeyboard-config package. We're using the (now deprecated) xkbdata. I don't know what gentoo's using. Your log file didn't show any complaints about the above options, but it would probably help to strip down the options to make sure they aren't causing any problems. Particularly, us_intl might cause issues. Well, I didn't use anything special to get a working xorg.conf file (hence the wrong font paths you may have noticed). I didn't even realize there's a special package for that, in BLFS or gentoo. Since configuring X is a pain (for me), I just try to keep a file that works with my hardware. As for us_intl, I don't remember why I have it instead of us, but probably it has to do with dead keys, which I need. Anyway, I checked that us_intl exists in /opt/xorg/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us_intl (/opt/xorg being $XORG_PREFIX). In gentoo, symbols are in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols, so I made /usr/share/X11 a symlink to /opt/xorg/share/X11, just in case. I would start by doing Xorg -configure and substituting the xkb options it give you into your xorg.conf. If things are still broken, then we know the XKB isn't the culprit. Actually, it would probably help to start with Xorg -configure defaults and re-enable your options. I suppose I must try that next monday. I will also try us XkbLayout. Until then I'm connected via ssh to the gentoo part and then chroot to the LFS part... BTW, I have a small(?) problem that may or may not be related. On booting, the console cursor (i.e. the blinking underscore) appears misplaced. I can login but the cursor is a few lines above. If I change to another VT and then come back, the cursor becomes normal. Is this a symptom of some known problem? -- Dan Thanks. Jorge Jorge: I too came from gentoo. Like others, i used the /etc from gentoo as examples to config my lfs/blfs system. Though this is not a bad idea as far as giving you/me ideas as to how to config the system, a wholesale copy from one system to the next will not work. The people at gentoo have spent a lot of time customizing their distribution. They also customize the kernel. The most noticeable difference is in sysvinit. I say this to remind you and possibly others that all distributions are different and that they must be treated as such. No ofence intended if this is obvious to you. It is just a friendly reminder. :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X
El Thursday 08 March 2007 11:46:34 Jorge Almeida escribió: I'm trying xorg in BLFS stable. I can startx and it works (the default wm appears, with the xterm and the clock). The problem is that I can't switch virtual consoles when I'm in X. Before startx and after killing X, I can switch VCs. While in X, with the xterm selected, pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 prints 'P' in the xterm window, Ctrl-Alt-F2 prints 'Q', etc. I installed xorg in /opt/xorg. I tried the nvidia and the nv drivers. Both work and the problem is the same. Hi. I asked this some time ago. Search for messages on 17-12-06 (12-17-06 for the rest of you ;) In case you are using x.org-7.1, It was said it was a known bug. If not... then I don't know. But x.org-7.2 is out there. I'm waiting for it to be included in blfs and I'll try it. Alberto -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
