Re: xorg.conf (WAS: sudden power loss)
On 12/1/05, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell@gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/1/05, sascha brossmann <brsma.s@gmail.com
> wrote:
On 12/1/05, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell@gmail.com> wrote:
> and Xorg won't let me switch to virtual consoles using keyboard commands.
have you set your keyboard type to 'macintosh' in
xorg.conf? changing it to
'pc105' or 'pc104' might solve this. keyboard setup on the pbooks has quite
some atrocities to offer to the unsuspecting. ;-)
Under the first version of xorg that shipped with Ubuntu Hoary, I
didn't have any trouble with the default settings. Under Breezy I have
not yet found a keyboard configuration that allows ctr-alt-Fn terminal
switching. Based on the resounding lack of response to the bug report I
filed, I suspect it only bites some folks who upgraded. It did not
affect the Intel box I upgraded.
I will try pc105 and pc104... thank you for the suggestion!
I tried both and they have the same effect as before -- no change....
Here's that section from my xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" "apple"
# Option "XkbOptions" "laptop"
EndSection
you can see where I've commented out the XkbLayout, XkbVariant and
XkbOptions parameters... I've tried pc102, pc104, pc105 and macintosh
in the XkbModel parameter, and I've tried specifying all the other
options as would seem appropriate for a PowerBook. They all seem to
work the same -- and the ctrl-option-Fn and one other keystroke
(obscure -- can't recall at the moment) aren't being passed through.
I am very much NOT an expert here so any guidance would be appreciated.
I tried the various options mainly by studying carefully what gets
touched when running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.
Through the Ubuntu forums I have found someone else with the same
issue, but he's running an AMD processor. Whatever the bug is it's not
affecting most folks.... (or it's possible there are quite a few
newbies who haven't even tried to use virtual consoles).
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