xserver-xfree86 4.3.0: Unable to switch virtual consoles
I'm using Daniel Stone's debs 4.3.0.0ds2 backported to Woody from
the following apt sources.list entry:
deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree86/$(ARCH)/ ./
I am using this out of necessity at work on a Dell Optiplex GX260 with
on-board Intel i845 graphics. Just got DRI working under it yesterday
with the i830 package from dri.sourceforge.net, thinking it may be the
source of my problem, but although I now have accelerated graphics, I
also still have my problem, which is the fact that I cannot switch
virtual consoles. CTRL-ALT-F(1-6) simply do not work. I can switch via
chvt 1 as root, and then CTRL-ALT-F7 takes me back to X, but then
CTRL-ALT-F1 fails to take me back to the desired virtual console. xev
shows XF86_Switch_VT_(1-6) when I press CTRL-ALT-F(1-6), but nothing
happens. I am out of ideas as to what the cause might be. I believe (but
I am not 100% sure) that I'm running the same packages with the nVidia
binary at home, and virtual console switching works there. Does anyone
have any thoughts and/or ideas as to what might be the cause? I am
rather loathe to run unstable on a machine that I use at work due to the
relatively recent introduction of gcc 3.2 and 3.3 and the problems that
that has caused. What is the latest version of 4.3.0, and where can it
be obtained from, as I might try backporting it to Woody time permitting
and see if that fixes the problem. Thanks in advance.
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Stephen Leavitt
IT Department
Nu-kote International
(615) 794-9000 ext.330
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