Re: Now working... gdm??? Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 22:18:51 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
[...]
> I started up gdm to give myself choices on sessions (to test fully
> whether this was a problem across the board with WM's) and found things
> working properly across the board.
>
> !@#$%&!
>
> Go figure. Using gdm enables the keys. Without gdm, no go. Several
> oddities:
>
> I notice as I write this note is that the keyboard is no longer
> inputting as UTF-8 encoding (i.e. I don't have to hit a space to have a
> quote mark print on its own instead of generating an umlaut, etc).
>
> Also, trying to start a gnome session failed--iceWM came up instead of
> Metacity, and the gnome session part froze.
>
> Lastly, VT 7 is not being used by gdm--8 is being used. ????
>
> But now I can switch VT's as desired as long as gdm is running.
>
> So am I correct in assuming that gdm has somehow caused this problem? I
> was using it for a while but decided to stop it, opting for a leaner
> approach to things. I don't recall when that was relative to noticing
> the switching terminal problem.
So it sort of works at the moment. I do not know the interactions
between gdm, the window managers and Xorg well enough to guess whose
"fault" this behavior is.
However, a recent post of Kent West has reminded me of something that I
had forgotten. It might help to remove the xlibs package; see here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/02/msg02398.html
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Regards,
Florian
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