My X server isn't even catching said key sequences. The abort sequence (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) works, however. I have tried using the default keyboard layout (I use a homebrew DVORAK keyboard) and even disabling XKB altogether, to no effect. I even tried adding: Option "DontVTSwitch" "Off" Option "DontZap" "Off" Option "DontZoom" "Off" to the ServerFlags section of my xorg.conf, also to no effect. Someone suggested on the forum to someone with a similar problem to add the line Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "Always" to the ServerFlags section. This also had no effect. emerge info: Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-ck2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-ck2 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.6 distcc 2.18 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -falign-functions=4 -maccumulate-outgoing-args" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -falign-functions=4 -maccumulate-outgoing-args" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.llarian.net/ http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j7" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://xerxes/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowex X aalib acpi alsa audiofile avi bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr cjk crypt dga dvd encode flac gdbm geoip gif gmp gphoto2 gtk imagemagick imlib jack jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls noreiserfs nptl nvidia offensive oggvorbis openal opengl pam perl png python quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Please don't change the severity, that's used internally. And how does this prevent you from debugging X? You can't do it locally anyhow without great efforts -- do it via SSH. See http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/DebuggingTheXserver. I am a little surprised the workaround of Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "Always" doesn't fix your problem. When's the last time VT switches etc worked? Please attach xorg.conf and the output of `setxkbmap -print`.
> And how does this prevent you from debugging X? Not X -- xlockmore. See Bug 75004. And the SSH idea didn't cross my mind. I'll have to set up my set-top box sometime very soon then... Thanks for the link. > I am a little surprised the workaround of Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "Always" doesn't fix your problem. When's the last time VT switches etc worked? The only time I can recall is back before I switched to Xorg from XFree. And I'm not totally sure about that -- I've been having this problem for over a year, I just consistently forgot to report it. However, it looks like this might not be a bug -- see setxkbmap_out (attaching shortly).
Created attachment 46413 [details] output of setxkbmap -print
Created attachment 46414 [details] xorg.conf
Created attachment 46415 [details] setxkbmap.out My setxkbmap output, for reference.
Try switching your setup over to the same as mine. Yeah I know it'll give funky output from dvorak, but you ought to be at least able to see whether VT switch works. If it works when mirroring my setup, then move one part at a time back toward your setup to find which part breaks it.
I right now have a setxkbmap -print output identical to yours, and not only can I still not VT-switch, but additionally, despite the output given by setxkbmap -print, my DVORAK keyboard is still mapped normally (middle row gives "aoeuidhtns-" etc). There's definitely something gone horribly wrong somewhere in Xkb.
You don't still have xkb disabled when doing this, right?
Pretty positive... is there any other place to disable Xkb besides in xorg.conf (which is posted)?
Not that I'm aware of. just wanted to be sure you hadn't disabled it since attaching xorg.conf.
I just discovered, VT-switching and changing resolutions via the key combinations works in xorg-x11 6.8.1.901.
Hi there, I'm using a ppc machine and the same thing happenned to me. With xorg-x11-6.8.0-r3 i couldn't switch to the VTs. Now, with 6.8.1.901 it is working. It must be something repaired among versions. Maybe this bug should be closed?
OK, fixed then.
