Re: an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 15:45:42 -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.
>
> Thanks again.
No problem. Don't forget to add this information to your bug report so
that it can be closed.
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