Bug#241122: Cannot change resolution or switch VT's
On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 21:47, Zachary Rizer wrote:
>
> Ok, here's the deal. A few weeks ago, I rebooted my
> machine and, for some reason, X loaded up on VT #2. I
> thought it odd, but was able to change VTs. After
> another reboot a week or so later, X was back on VT
> #7, but then I could not change to another VT using
> the CTRL-ALT-+ or - hotkeys. I also could not change
> resolutions. I ran xev and spied on the keycode
> mappings, and sure enough, they were correct for both
> sets of key combinations. So at this point, I'm
> assuming it's some stupid gnome settings daemon or
> something similar. So I loaded up X as root, same
> issue. I created a blank .xinitrc, without even
> loading a WM, same issue.
That's weird, but still this is very likely keymap related. As of
XFree86 4.3, these special key combinations are no longer handled
internally but via XKB. Is xlibs up to date, and none of its files
missing, e.g.?
> One other thing I noticed: when I attempt to play a game,
> say, quake3, and I specify that it should be
> full-screen, it goes full screen but flickers
> horribly.
Maybe it's using a mode with a low refresh rate?
The X server log may give some answers, please post it to this bug.
> And one more clue: if I change resolution
> to something lower
> than my standard (1600x1200), I cannot page the
> virtual screen size around using the mouse.
That's expected with xrandr, it changes the virtual resolution. Try
xvidtune -next/prev if you don't want that.
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