From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 21:53:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B65D716A4DE for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 21:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ed@hoeg.nl) Received: from palm.hoeg.nl (mx0.hoeg.nl [IPv6:2001:610:652::211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A7413C4B3 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 21:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ed@hoeg.nl) Received: by palm.hoeg.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ABF2E1CD0D; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 22:54:42 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 22:54:42 +0100 From: Ed Schouten To: Chris Shenton Message-ID: <20071104215442.GD1179@hoeg.nl> References: <18160.5183.441679.972989@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <86bqa9n0h2.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tjCHc7DPkfUGtrlw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86bqa9n0h2.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: x11@freebsd.org, Robert Huff , Mike Harding Subject: Re: problems after xorg 7.3 upgrade ('b', 'n' keys don't work) X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:53:56 -0000 --tjCHc7DPkfUGtrlw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Chris Shenton wrote: > Mike Harding and Ed Schouten and I reported the same problem. Ed > describes it well at: >=20 > http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Wanted---pointers-re-where-to-look-for-keyboa= rd-bug.-tf4622905.html#a13202110 >=20 > The other day I tried it on a diskless system I have in the kitchen -- > it mounts the same Xorg and filesystem and so on from my main > server... and it worked like a charm. So Xorg is not completely broken, > it's something else: hardware, driver, config? I had switched keyboards > on the ailing system before so didn't suspect that. >=20 > Today, I removed the Xorg config file for the problematic system > (xorg.conf.MyHostname) and used xorgconfig to create a new one in > /etc/X11/, which worked fine. I merged in some of my old configs. >=20 > But what I noticed I could NOT do was something I was told to use in > xorg to allow VT switching by Ctl-Alt-Fn: >=20 > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "DontVTSwitch" "false" > Option "XkbDisable" "true"=09 > EndSection >=20 > I can still specify the first Option, but it does nothing: I cannot > switch VTs -- key sequences are sent to the X11 client app. >=20 > If I try to use the second Option, then I get the broken keys, repeat, > and other defects. So I've commented out this line. =20 >=20 > At least now I can use 7.3: I'll trade working keys for broken VT switchi= ng. >=20 > I don't know if this can be addressed with xkeyboard-config (in ports, > but not installed in my system) or not.=20 So you're telling: if you enable VT switching support, you break the B/N keys? Too bad we can't use both. I'll try it on my desktop in a minute. Thank you! :-) --=20 Ed Schouten WWW: http://g-rave.nl/ --tjCHc7DPkfUGtrlw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHLj+i52SDGA2eCwURApOsAJ93e6lKwyfE/eU844WJWnXqtN6OBgCeP3pw nSdKQB+rqpPADjUWsa1Rz54= =hWHn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tjCHc7DPkfUGtrlw--