Re: C-A-Fx not working in XFree86 4.0.2?
"Paul D. Smith" wrote:
>
> It seems to me that I saw something about this a few months ago, but 30
> mins+ with Google and the Debian mailing list archive search engine
> netted me zippo :(.
>
> I upgraded to the latest testing version a few days ago, and ever since
> I did I can't use C-A-F{1,2,3...} to switch back to my text console.
> The key sequence is simply ignored as if I'd done nothing at all.
>
> Prior to this I was using a testing version from about 4-5 weeks ago,
> with X 4.0.1 (IIRC).
>
> I switched window managers (from fvwm2 beta to sawfish), but the problem
> persists, so I it's not a WM taking those keys (is that even possible,
> or does X intercept them too early?)
>
> I haven't changed my XF86Config-4 file (I have nothing in my ServerFlags
> section). I haven't changed anything in any other setup that I can
> think of. I _do_ have getty's running on the first 6 consoles; once I
> quit X I can A-F2, etc. to switch to them.
>
> I've tried this both with a DM (GDM) started, and without one (using
> startx from the console).
>
> Darn weird: anyone know what's going on here?
does chvt work?
are any other key-combinations ignored? there is this application
(can't remember the name) that hsows which keys were pressed - try it to
see how your keyboard works...
erik
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