Re: Cannot switch to VT (console)

["Michal R. Hoffmann" <misiek_spam@o2.pl>]

On 27/07/08 20:40, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 23:41:37 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote:
> > On 23/07/08 14:38, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> > > Michal R. Hoffmann wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Recently I tried to switch to VT (console) and I couldn't -  
> > > > Ctrl+Alt+F1 didn't work (and they used to couple of weeks ago). I  
> > > > don't even know where to look for the problem; xev detects KeyRelease 
> > > > XF86_Switch_VT_1 event, /etc/inittab contain getty respawns.
> Does is also report the KeyPress event for XF86_Switch_VT_1?
No, only KeyRelease.

> > > Check your xorg.conf and see if the DontVTSwitch option is present. 
> > No, it's not.
> > > Also, it could be some problem with your XkbModel setting, like pc105  
> > > instead of pc104.
> > Hmmm, that's possible - I have that Microsoft ergonomical USB keyboard,  
> > connected via Avocent KVM. But it worked previously... And xev detects  
> > the XF86_Switch_VT_1 event so it seems to be OK.
> Post the output of these commands:
>
> setxkbmap -print

$ setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include 
"pc+gb+inet(microsoftprousb)+pl:2+level3(ralt_switch_for_alts_toggle):1+level3(ralt_switch_for_alts_toggle):2+group(alts_toggle)+eurosign(4)+keypad(oss)" 
};
	xkb_geometry  { include "microsoft(natural)"	};
};

> xmodmap
$ xmodmap
xmodmap:  up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x6d)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Meta_L (0x9c)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4        Super_L (0x7f),  Hyper_L (0x80)
mod5        Mode_switch (0x5d),  ISO_Level3_Shift (0x71), 
ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)


> xmodmap -pk | grep XF86_Switch_VT

$ xmodmap -pk | grep XF86_Switch_VT
     67    	0xffbe (F1)	0x1008fe01 (XF86_Switch_VT_1)	
     68    	0xffbf (F2)	0x1008fe02 (XF86_Switch_VT_2)	
     69    	0xffc0 (F3)	0x1008fe03 (XF86_Switch_VT_3)	
     70    	0xffc1 (F4)	0x1008fe04 (XF86_Switch_VT_4)	
     71    	0xffc2 (F5)	0x1008fe05 (XF86_Switch_VT_5)	
     72    	0xffc3 (F6)	0x1008fe06 (XF86_Switch_VT_6)	
     73    	0xffc4 (F7)	0x1008fe07 (XF86_Switch_VT_7)	
     74    	0xffc5 (F8)	0x1008fe08 (XF86_Switch_VT_8)	
     75    	0xffc6 (F9)	0x1008fe09 (XF86_Switch_VT_9)	
     76    	0xffc7 (F10)	0x1008fe0a (XF86_Switch_VT_10)	
     95    	0xffc8 (F11)	0x1008fe0b (XF86_Switch_VT_11)	
     96    	0xffc9 (F12)	0x1008fe0c (XF86_Switch_VT_12)	


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Kind regards,
Michal R. Hoffmann