Re: making Ctrl-Alt-Bksp work (was: first and only X needs to be on tty7)
On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 06:15:12AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2014-05-06 00:13 (GMT-0700) Samuel Sieb composed: Felix Miata wrote: For years, probably since the time of that document, I've had OptionDontZapoff OptionZapWarningoff somewhere in /etc/X11/xorg.con*. It used to work. Now it fails, but only in Fedora (at least as far back as F14, worked as recent at least as F8), so far that I've noticed. I use the following that works on F20: # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-zap.conf Section ServerFlags Option DontZap false EndSection Section InputClass Identifier Keyboard Defaults MatchIsKeyboard yes Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp EndSection fwiw (only answering one email) this is what systemd-localed should drop into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf, with configuration based on whatever language settings you picked. so you shouldn't need this section. Thank you! Turns out DontZap works with either false or off, but the difference the option parser in X is entertaining. no, off, false, and 0 all work to disable, and so does prefixing the option with No. So Option NoDontZap off is valid, just don't expect anyone to understand a triple-negation :) you can also sprinkle random whitespaces or underscores in there, in case you have too many of them. Cheers, Peter between SUSE and Fedora is the addtional need for XkbOptions in Fedora, and here's why: /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/ --- evdev 2014-01-29 22:45:32.0 -0500 +++ evdev-suse2014-04-09 15:51:53.0 -0400 @@ -857,9 +857,9 @@ * yu unicodeyz = +srp(latinunicodeyz):4 ! model = symbols - $evdevkbds= +inet(evdev)+inet(%m) - applealu_jis = +inet(evdev)+macintosh_vndr/jp(alujiskeys) - * = +inet(evdev) + $evdevkbds= +inet(evdev)+inet(%m)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) + applealu_jis = +inet(evdev)+macintosh_vndr/jp(alujiskeys)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) + * = +inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) ! model layout = symbols Using the SUSE evdev file in place of Fedora's my original xorg.con* that used to work also in Fedora works in it again without need for the XkbOptions addition. -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: making Ctrl-Alt-Bksp work (was: first and only X needs to be on tty7)
answering to the subject my /etc/X11/xorg.conf is: Section ServerLayout Identifier single head configuration Option DontZap false Option DontZoom false EndSection On Qua, 2014-05-07 at 21:09 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 06:15:12AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2014-05-06 00:13 (GMT-0700) Samuel Sieb composed: Felix Miata wrote: For years, probably since the time of that document, I've had OptionDontZapoff OptionZapWarningoff somewhere in /etc/X11/xorg.con*. It used to work. Now it fails, but only in Fedora (at least as far back as F14, worked as recent at least as F8), so far that I've noticed. I use the following that works on F20: # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-zap.conf Section ServerFlags Option DontZap false EndSection Section InputClass Identifier Keyboard Defaults MatchIsKeyboard yes Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp EndSection fwiw (only answering one email) this is what systemd-localed should drop into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf, with configuration based on whatever language settings you picked. so you shouldn't need this section. Thank you! Turns out DontZap works with either false or off, but the difference the option parser in X is entertaining. no, off, false, and 0 all work to disable, and so does prefixing the option with No. So Option NoDontZap off is valid, just don't expect anyone to understand a triple-negation :) you can also sprinkle random whitespaces or underscores in there, in case you have too many of them. Cheers, Peter between SUSE and Fedora is the addtional need for XkbOptions in Fedora, and here's why: /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/ --- evdev 2014-01-29 22:45:32.0 -0500 +++ evdev-suse 2014-04-09 15:51:53.0 -0400 @@ -857,9 +857,9 @@ *yu unicodeyz = +srp(latinunicodeyz):4 ! model= symbols - $evdevkbds= +inet(evdev)+inet(%m) - applealu_jis = +inet(evdev)+macintosh_vndr/jp(alujiskeys) - * = +inet(evdev) + $evdevkbds= +inet(evdev)+inet(%m)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) + applealu_jis = +inet(evdev)+macintosh_vndr/jp(alujiskeys)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) + * = +inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) ! modellayout = symbols Using the SUSE evdev file in place of Fedora's my original xorg.con* that used to work also in Fedora works in it again without need for the XkbOptions addition. -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- Sérgio M. B. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: making Ctrl-Alt-Bksp work (was: first and only X needs to be on tty7)
On 2014-05-06 00:13 (GMT-0700) Samuel Sieb composed: Felix Miata wrote: For years, probably since the time of that document, I've had OptionDontZapoff OptionZapWarningoff somewhere in /etc/X11/xorg.con*. It used to work. Now it fails, but only in Fedora (at least as far back as F14, worked as recent at least as F8), so far that I've noticed. I use the following that works on F20: # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-zap.conf Section ServerFlags Option DontZap false EndSection Section InputClass Identifier Keyboard Defaults MatchIsKeyboard yes Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp EndSection Thank you! Turns out DontZap works with either false or off, but the difference between SUSE and Fedora is the addtional need for XkbOptions in Fedora, and here's why: /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/ --- evdev 2014-01-29 22:45:32.0 -0500 +++ evdev-suse 2014-04-09 15:51:53.0 -0400 @@ -857,9 +857,9 @@ *yu unicodeyz = +srp(latinunicodeyz):4 ! model= symbols - $evdevkbds= +inet(evdev)+inet(%m) - applealu_jis = +inet(evdev)+macintosh_vndr/jp(alujiskeys) - * = +inet(evdev) + $evdevkbds= +inet(evdev)+inet(%m)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) + applealu_jis = +inet(evdev)+macintosh_vndr/jp(alujiskeys)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) + * = +inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp) ! modellayout = symbols Using the SUSE evdev file in place of Fedora's my original xorg.con* that used to work also in Fedora works in it again without need for the XkbOptions addition. -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
