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Re: an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)



On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 03:45:42PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:28:07 -0400, I wrote:
> 
> > But I have no evidence that the fkeys are ever seen with X running.
> 
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:19:10 +0200, Florian Kulzer replied:
> 
> > Run "xev" and check the keysyms for CRTL, ALT, F1, etc. It would be
> > especially interesting to see what you get for the CTRL + ALT + Fn
> > combinations. The keysyms should be "XF86_Switch_VT_n" for switching to
> > another VT.
> 
> Thanks for suggesting this.  I believe you have led me to the solution
> (although I now feel like an idiot too).  I found that strikes to F5, F6, and
> F10 were not seen at all by xev.  I set out to see if there were any other
> undetected keys and found one labeled "F Lock".  Once I depressed that, the
> other keys were detected and virtual terminals worked.  I've never had an
> "F Lock" key before and didn't know it was a possibility.  But that's
> probably all there was to it.

I wonder how many vt switching issues come down to this? I have a mini
keyboard on some terminals at work that have a couple *lock keys with
similar behavior. huh.

A

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