Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 22:54:42 +0100
From: Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl>
To: Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org>
Cc: x11@freebsd.org, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: problems after xorg 7.3 upgrade ('b', 'n' keys don't work)
Message-ID: <20071104215442.GD1179@hoeg.nl>
In-Reply-To: <86bqa9n0h2.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org>
References: <18160.5183.441679.972989@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <86bqa9n0h2.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org>
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--tjCHc7DPkfUGtrlw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> 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 <ed@fxq.nl> 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--
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