On 18 Apr 2006, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 15:40:32 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > After the recent xorg upgrade, with its attendant excitement, I found I > > could no longer switch to a virtual console with ctrl-alt-F1. However, I > > have got it to work again by adding this line to the keyboard section: > > Option "Xkbdisable" "true" > > > > The section now reads as follows: > > > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > > Driver "keyboard" > > Option "CoreKeyboard" > > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > > Option "XkbLayout" "gb" > > Option "XkbVariant" "gb" > > Option "Xkbdisable" "true" > > EndSection > > It's great that it now works again for you, but I am a bit surprised > that you had to disable Xkb completely to achieve this. I think the > problem might be due to the "keyboard" driver (depreciated AFAIK). > Furthermore, I think "XkbVariant" should be something like "basic" or > "nodeadkeys", but not a layout code like "gb". If you are willing to try > it once more you could start with the basic configuration from > /etc/X11/xkb/README.config, adapted for "gb": > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "gb" > Option "XKbOptions" "" > EndSection > > Maybe that will get it working with Xkb enabled. You should also check > if the package "xkb-data" has been installed correctly during the upgrade. > > -- > Regards, > Florian
No, it didn't work like that. (I also reinstalled xkb-data, to make sure.) I've no idea why my setup works, but it does. Something to do with my keyboard, who knows? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
