Re: Switch to virtual console in xorg - SOLVED
On 18 Apr 2006, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 15:40:32 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > After the recent xorg upgrade, with its attendant excitement, I found I
> > could no longer switch to a virtual console with ctrl-alt-F1. However, I
> > have got it to work again by adding this line to the keyboard section:
> > Option "Xkbdisable" "true"
> >
> > The section now reads as follows:
> >
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> > Driver "keyboard"
> > Option "CoreKeyboard"
> > Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> > Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> > Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
> > Option "XkbVariant" "gb"
> > Option "Xkbdisable" "true"
> > EndSection
>
> It's great that it now works again for you, but I am a bit surprised
> that you had to disable Xkb completely to achieve this. I think the
> problem might be due to the "keyboard" driver (depreciated AFAIK).
> Furthermore, I think "XkbVariant" should be something like "basic" or
> "nodeadkeys", but not a layout code like "gb". If you are willing to try
> it once more you could start with the basic configuration from
> /etc/X11/xkb/README.config, adapted for "gb":
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
> Option "XKbOptions" ""
> EndSection
>
> Maybe that will get it working with Xkb enabled. You should also check
> if the package "xkb-data" has been installed correctly during the upgrade.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Florian
No, it didn't work like that. (I also reinstalled xkb-data, to make
sure.)
I've no idea why my setup works, but it does. Something to do with my
keyboard, who knows?
Anthony
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