Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-08 Thread Steve

Steve,
Try uncommenting the line:
Option XkbDisable
And restart X
This should disable any strange keyboard toggles IINM
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I finally figured out what was wrong.  I have an NVIDIA video card and I 
use the NVIDIA kernel module.  On a whim, I disabled that and the VT 
switching came back.  Luckily there was a new module in this latest emerge 
update so I updated and it works great now.



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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-08 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Wednesday 08 October 2003 10:11 pm, Steve wrote:
 Steve,
  Try uncommenting the line:
  Option XkbDisable
 And restart X
 This should disable any strange keyboard toggles IINM
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 I finally figured out what was wrong.  I have an NVIDIA video card
 and I use the NVIDIA kernel module.  On a whim, I disabled that and
 the VT switching came back.  Luckily there was a new module in this
 latest emerge update so I updated and it works great now.



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Cool!! Glad you finally beat it. It seems that each new version on 
the nvidia drivers fixes some obscure bug. Yours was wierder than 
most but I wouldn't have ever blamed it on the video driver.
If I was you, I'd recomment the line from above
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-06 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Saturday 04 October 2003 08:18 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 12:49 AM 10/4/03 , Leendert van den Berg wrote and said this:
   Can you change to VT1? ctrl+ alt+ F1?n If so, but not to other
   terminals X is starting before the VT's are spawned. Not sure
how to check for that though
  
   I can not change to any terminal once in X.
  
   Another thing to try Open an xterm (konsole if you're
using KDE) and type:
   
   setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout us -option 
   
   Now try to change to a VT Can you?
  
   Typed that in and I was still unable to switch consoles in X
 
 When you run
 xmodmap -pke
 you should see the keycodes for the F1, F2, etc. keys (67, 68,
  etc.) be mapped to something like
 keycode  67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1
 
 If the XF86_Switch_VT_1 is not there, this may be a reason you are
  unable to switch virtual consoles. I had this problem because I
  was using a dvorak xmodmap
 file, but it did not properly map the codes to the XF86_* keysyms.
  My solution was to modify the keymap I was loading, and add the
  corresponding entries.

 When I type that I see the keycodes for all the Function keys.



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Steve,
Try uncommenting the line:
Option XkbDisable
And restart X
This should disable any strange keyboard toggles IINM
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-06 Thread Steve
At 11:09 AM 10/6/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote and said this:
On Saturday 04 October 2003 08:18 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 12:49 AM 10/4/03 , Leendert van den Berg wrote and said this:
   Can you change to VT1? ctrl+ alt+ F1?n If so, but not to other
   terminals X is starting before the VT's are spawned. Not sure
how to check for that though
  
   I can not change to any terminal once in X.
  
   Another thing to try Open an xterm (konsole if you're
using KDE) and type:
   
   setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout us -option 
   
   Now try to change to a VT Can you?
  
   Typed that in and I was still unable to switch consoles in X
 
 When you run
 xmodmap -pke
 you should see the keycodes for the F1, F2, etc. keys (67, 68,
  etc.) be mapped to something like
 keycode  67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1
 
 If the XF86_Switch_VT_1 is not there, this may be a reason you are
  unable to switch virtual consoles. I had this problem because I
  was using a dvorak xmodmap
 file, but it did not properly map the codes to the XF86_* keysyms.
  My solution was to modify the keymap I was loading, and add the
  corresponding entries.

 When I type that I see the keycodes for all the Function keys.



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Steve,
Try uncommenting the line:
Option XkbDisable
And restart X
This should disable any strange keyboard toggles IINM


Tried that and still can't switch terminals.  A new version of Xfree is 
available, so once I emerge that I'll see if that helps or not.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-06 Thread Steve

Very strange. The config should work. Tell me, What happens if you log
on as root and then start X? Same behaviour? or does it work
properly?
The only other thing I can think of is some obscure keyswitch. I am
troubled by one of those myself. Every time I reboot this thing, my
numberpad won't output numbers in X regardless of the LED status
until I press the combination shift + alt + numlock.
I have looked where I found my solution for some magic for you but
have had no luck. Perhaps some intense research on xfree key
combinations will reveal the answer.
If, however, root can switch terminals after starting X, the problem
probably lies in your /home dir.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-05 Thread Steve
At 11:41 PM 10/4/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote and said this:
 What happens when you hit the combination alt + F1?
 What happens when you hit the combination alt + F2?

 Nothing.

Strange. In KDE, alt + F1 should open the start applications menu
and alt + F2 should open the Run Command dialog box.
Question: You do have 6 VT's before you start X?
Post the keyboard section of XF86Config
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yep I have the 6 VTs before X starts.  This is the keyboard section of 
XF86Config:

Section InputDevice

Identifier  Keyboard1
Driver  Keyboard
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to Standard).
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.
#Option Protocol  Xqueue

Option AutoRepeat 500 30

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#Option Xleds  1 2 3
#Option LeftAlt Meta
#Option RightAltModeShift
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#Option XkbModelpc102
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#Option XkbModelmicrosoft
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#Option XkbLayout   de
# or:
#Option XkbLayout   de
#Option XkbVariant  nodeadkeys
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#Option XkbOptions  ctrl:swapcaps
# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
#Option XkbRulesxfree86
#Option XkbModelpc101
#Option XkbLayout   us
#Option XkbVariant  
#Option XkbOptions  
#Option XkbDisable

Option XkbRules   xfree86
Option XkbModel   pc101
Option XkbLayout  us
EndSection

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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-05 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Sunday 05 October 2003 09:54 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 11:41 PM 10/4/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote and said this:
   What happens when you hit the combination alt + F1?
   What happens when you hit the combination alt + F2?
  
   Nothing.
 
 Strange. In KDE, alt + F1 should open the start applications
  menu and alt + F2 should open the Run Command dialog box.
 Question: You do have 6 VT's before you start X?
 
 Post the keyboard section of XF86Config
 
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 yep I have the 6 VTs before X starts.  This is the keyboard section
 of XF86Config:

 Section InputDevice

  Identifier  Keyboard1
  Driver  Keyboard
 # For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to
 Standard). # When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not
 Solaris), # uncomment the following line.

 #Option Protocol  Xqueue

  Option AutoRepeat 500 30

 # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with
 xset(1)) #Option Xleds  1 2 3

 #Option LeftAlt Meta
 #Option RightAltModeShift

 # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
 # lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a
 non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
 #Option XkbModelpc102
 # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
 #Option XkbModelmicrosoft
 #
 # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
 # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
 #Option XkbLayout   de
 # or:
 #Option XkbLayout   de
 #Option XkbVariant  nodeadkeys
 #
 # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
 # control keys, use:
 #Option XkbOptions  ctrl:swapcaps

 # These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
 #Option XkbRulesxfree86
 #Option XkbModelpc101
 #Option XkbLayout   us
 #Option XkbVariant  
 #Option XkbOptions  

 #Option XkbDisable

  Option XkbRules   xfree86
  Option XkbModel   pc101
  Option XkbLayout  us

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Very strange. The config should work. Tell me, What happens if you log 
on as root and then start X? Same behaviour? or does it work 
properly?
The only other thing I can think of is some obscure keyswitch. I am 
troubled by one of those myself. Every time I reboot this thing, my 
numberpad won't output numbers in X regardless of the LED status 
until I press the combination shift + alt + numlock.
I have looked where I found my solution for some magic for you but 
have had no luck. Perhaps some intense research on xfree key 
combinations will reveal the answer.
If, however, root can switch terminals after starting X, the problem 
probably lies in your /home dir.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-04 Thread Norberto Bensa
Steve wrote:

 I do get this message when X starts: xkbcomp reports Type Two-level has 2
 levels but AE05 has three arguments.


try xev

BTW, what layout are you using?

Regards,
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-04 Thread Todd Sunderlin
Read this message a little late, but what machine arch are you using? I've looked 
through the replies, and haven't seen anything regarding machine arch. The first one 
is a problem on SPARC, which is easily fixed.

Here is our solution to it (may or may not work on x86, I've never had a problem)

Add this to /etc/X11/XF86Config, in Section ServerLayout:

Option HandleSpecialKeys Always

2.  I'm not sure on.

3.  check your dmesg, does it say anything about ppp in it?  
(dmesg | grep ppp).  Maybe you have it compiled into the kernel just fine, and it 
still has an entry in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x, and its complaining about 
not finding the module because there isn't on.
Just a guess.


On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:04:03 -0400
Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have my Gentoo system pretty much set up and running how I want it but I 
 have these three annoyances:
 
 1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a console.  Is this set 
 in a config file somewhere, and if so how do I get it to work again?
 
 2.  Upon booting I get this message right after Mounting Local 
 Filesystems completes: 'modprobe: modprobe: Cant locate module 
 nls_iso8859-1'  I have a feeling that this is related to perhaps samba 
 settings in the kernel config.
 
 3.  Also, upon booting, I get this message after Bring interface lo up 
 completes: ' modprobe: modprobe: Cant locate module ppp0'.  This one 
 actually displays twice.  I have ppp compiled into the kernel and not as a 
 module and pppd works fine.
 
 
 Any suggestions and help is appreciated.
 
 
 
 Updated 7/20/2003
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-04 Thread Steve
At 12:49 AM 10/4/03 , Leendert van den Berg wrote and said this:
 Can you change to VT1? ctrl+ alt+ F1?n If so, but not to other
 terminals X is starting before the VT's are spawned. Not sure how to
 check for that though

 I can not change to any terminal once in X.


 Another thing to try Open an xterm (konsole if you're using KDE)
 and type:
 
 setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout us -option 
 
 Now try to change to a VT Can you?

 Typed that in and I was still unable to switch consoles in X
When you run
xmodmap -pke
you should see the keycodes for the F1, F2, etc. keys (67, 68, etc.)
be mapped to something like
keycode  67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1
If the XF86_Switch_VT_1 is not there, this may be a reason you are unable to
switch virtual consoles. I had this problem because I was using a dvorak 
xmodmap
file, but it did not properly map the codes to the XF86_* keysyms. My solution
was to modify the keymap I was loading, and add the corresponding entries.


When I type that I see the keycodes for all the Function keys.



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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-04 Thread Steve
At 12:33 AM 10/4/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote and said this:
On Friday 03 October 2003 11:42 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 09:36 AM 10/3/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote and said this:
 On Thursday 02 October 2003 11:17 pm, Steve wrote:
   At 03:32 PM 10/2/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote:
   On Thursday 02 October 2003 12:33 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 11:28 AM 10/2/03 , Andrej Kacian wrote and said this:
 On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:34:56 -0400
 
 Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   At 03:27 PM 10/1/03 , Peter Ruskin wrote:
   On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
  1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X
  to a console. Is this set in a config file
  somewhere, and if so how do I get it to work
  again?

 In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to
 Serverflags section: Option DontVTSwitch  yes

 man XF86Config
   
   err, that should be no if you want to switch to
consoles
   
   Peter
  
   I added the DontVTSwitch no to /etc/X11/XF86Config
   and it had no affect ( also tried using no as well).
 
 Even after restarting X?

 Yep, even after restarting X.



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   what happens if you press ctrl+alt+printscreen?
   That should take you back to the last VT you were logged into.
Check to make sure you have the right driver for your
keyboard in your XF86Config.
   Can you switch consoles BEFORE you start X?
   If you can, the problem is in XF86Config
  
   Nothing happens when I press ctrl+alt+printscreen
   The driver appears to be correct for the keyboard, pc101,us
   I cam switch consoles before starting X, yes.
 
 Can you change to VT1? ctrl+ alt+ F1?n If so, but not to other
 terminals X is starting before the VT's are spawned. Not sure how
  to check for that though

 I can not change to any terminal once in X.

 Another thing to try Open an xterm (konsole if you're using
  KDE) and type:
 
 setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout us -option 
 
 Now try to change to a VT Can you?

 Typed that in and I was still unable to switch consoles in X

 If that works, the problem is in your XF86Config. If not, I would
 guess that your ctrl key is not working, perhaps remapped. Try the
 shift key instead. Do the function keys work for their other uses
  in X? (example: alt + F2 should bring up the run command dialog
  and ctrl + F1-4 should change desktops in X)  You can also log on
  as root and start X can you switch VT's now?

 Try logging in as root, still no change.  CTRL+ALT+BS works.

 One other possibility, other than a borked keyboard, is that some
 keyboard toggle has been set. For a while, I couldn't use the
  number pad regardless of the numlock LED status. It turned out
  that the combination shift+ alt+ numlock is a toggle for mouse
  events on the pad. There (may?) be a combination that toggles the
  ability to use the VT's but I've had no luck finding
  documentation.

 I do get this message when X starts: xkbcomp reports Type
 Two-level has 2 levels but AE05 has three arguments.
I have not.  The keyboard works fine in Windows 98, and worked fine in X, 
up until a few weeks ago.  The only thing that would have changed was an 
update to X.


Have you tried a different keyboard? From an xterm do
$ ps af | grep tty.
You should see tty 2-6 running like so. Do you?
Yep I see all of them.


$ ps ax |grep tty
 2680 vc/2 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
 2681 vc/3 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
 2682 vc/4 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
 2683 vc/5 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
 2684 vc/6 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
 4521 pts/0R  0:00 grep tty
What happens when you hit the combination alt + F1?
What happens when you hit the combination alt + F2?


Nothing.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-04 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Saturday 04 October 2003 08:20 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 12:33 AM 10/4/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote and said this:
 On Friday 03 October 2003 11:42 pm, Steve wrote:
   At 09:36 AM 10/3/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote and said this:
   On Thursday 02 October 2003 11:17 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 03:32 PM 10/2/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote:
 On Thursday 02 October 2003 12:33 pm, Steve wrote:
   At 11:28 AM 10/2/03 , Andrej Kacian wrote and said this:
   On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:34:56 -0400
   
   Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 At 03:27 PM 10/1/03 , Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
   On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from
X to a console. Is this set in a config file
somewhere, and if so how do I get it to work
again?
  
   In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to
   Serverflags section: Option DontVTSwitch 
   yes
  
   man XF86Config
 
 err, that should be no if you want to switch to
  consoles
 
 Peter

 I added the DontVTSwitch no to
 /etc/X11/XF86Config and it had no affect ( also
 tried using no as well).
   
   Even after restarting X?
  
   Yep, even after restarting X.
  
  
  
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 what happens if you press ctrl+alt+printscreen?
 That should take you back to the last VT you were logged
  into. Check to make sure you have the right driver for
  your keyboard in your XF86Config.
 Can you switch consoles BEFORE you start X?
 If you can, the problem is in XF86Config

 Nothing happens when I press ctrl+alt+printscreen
 The driver appears to be correct for the keyboard, pc101,us
 I cam switch consoles before starting X, yes.
   
   Can you change to VT1? ctrl+ alt+ F1?n If so, but not to other
   terminals X is starting before the VT's are spawned. Not sure
how to check for that though
  
   I can not change to any terminal once in X.
  
   Another thing to try Open an xterm (konsole if you're
using KDE) and type:
   
   setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout us -option 
   
   Now try to change to a VT Can you?
  
   Typed that in and I was still unable to switch consoles in X
  
   If that works, the problem is in your XF86Config. If not, I
would guess that your ctrl key is not working, perhaps
remapped. Try the shift key instead. Do the function keys
work for their other uses in X? (example: alt + F2 should
bring up the run command dialog and ctrl + F1-4 should
change desktops in X)  You can also log on as root and start
X can you switch VT's now?
  
   Try logging in as root, still no change.  CTRL+ALT+BS works.
  
   One other possibility, other than a borked keyboard, is that
some keyboard toggle has been set. For a while, I couldn't
use the number pad regardless of the numlock LED status. It
turned out that the combination shift+ alt+ numlock is a
toggle for mouse events on the pad. There (may?) be a
combination that toggles the ability to use the VT's but I've
had no luck finding documentation.
  
   I do get this message when X starts: xkbcomp reports Type
   Two-level has 2 levels but AE05 has three arguments.

 I have not.  The keyboard works fine in Windows 98, and worked fine
 in X, up until a few weeks ago.  The only thing that would have
 changed was an update to X.

 Have you tried a different keyboard? From an xterm do
 $ ps af | grep tty.
 
 You should see tty 2-6 running like so. Do you?

 Yep I see all of them.

 $ ps ax |grep tty
   2680 vc/2 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
   2681 vc/3 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
   2682 vc/4 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
   2683 vc/5 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
   2684 vc/6 S  0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
   4521 pts/0R  0:00 grep tty
 
 What happens when you hit the combination alt + F1?
 What happens when you hit the combination alt + F2?

 Nothing.


Strange. In KDE, alt + F1 should open the start applications menu 
and alt + F2 should open the Run Command dialog box.
Question: You do have 6 VT's before you start X?

Post the keyboard section of XF86Config 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-03 Thread Steve
At 09:36 AM 10/3/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote and said this:
On Thursday 02 October 2003 11:17 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 03:32 PM 10/2/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote:
 On Thursday 02 October 2003 12:33 pm, Steve wrote:
   At 11:28 AM 10/2/03 , Andrej Kacian wrote and said this:
   On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:34:56 -0400
   
   Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 At 03:27 PM 10/1/03 , Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
   On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a
console. Is this set in a config file somewhere, and
if so how do I get it to work again?
  
   In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to
   Serverflags section: Option DontVTSwitch  yes
  
   man XF86Config
 
 err, that should be no if you want to switch to consoles
 
 Peter

 I added the DontVTSwitch no to /etc/X11/XF86Config and
 it had no affect ( also tried using no as well).
   
   Even after restarting X?
  
   Yep, even after restarting X.
  
  
  
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 what happens if you press ctrl+alt+printscreen?
 That should take you back to the last VT you were logged into.
  Check to make sure you have the right driver for your keyboard in
  your XF86Config.
 Can you switch consoles BEFORE you start X?
 If you can, the problem is in XF86Config

 Nothing happens when I press ctrl+alt+printscreen
 The driver appears to be correct for the keyboard, pc101,us
 I cam switch consoles before starting X, yes.




Can you change to VT1? ctrl+ alt+ F1?n If so, but not to other
terminals X is starting before the VT's are spawned. Not sure how to
check for that though
I can not change to any terminal once in X.


Another thing to try Open an xterm (konsole if you're using KDE)
and type:
setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout us -option 

Now try to change to a VT Can you?
Typed that in and I was still unable to switch consoles in X


If that works, the problem is in your XF86Config. If not, I would
guess that your ctrl key is not working, perhaps remapped. Try the
shift key instead. Do the function keys work for their other uses in
X? (example: alt + F2 should bring up the run command dialog and
ctrl + F1-4 should change desktops in X)  You can also log on as root
and start X can you switch VT's now?


Try logging in as root, still no change.  CTRL+ALT+BS works.

One other possibility, other than a borked keyboard, is that some
keyboard toggle has been set. For a while, I couldn't use the number
pad regardless of the numlock LED status. It turned out that the
combination shift+ alt+ numlock is a toggle for mouse events on the
pad. There (may?) be a combination that toggles the ability to use
the VT's but I've had no luck finding documentation.
I do get this message when X starts: xkbcomp reports Type Two-level has 2 
levels but AE05 has three arguments.



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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-03 Thread Leendert van den Berg
 Can you change to VT1? ctrl+ alt+ F1?n If so, but not to other
 terminals X is starting before the VT's are spawned. Not sure how to
 check for that though
 
 I can not change to any terminal once in X.
 
 
 Another thing to try Open an xterm (konsole if you're using KDE)
 and type:
 
 setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout us -option 
 
 Now try to change to a VT Can you?
 
 Typed that in and I was still unable to switch consoles in X

When you run
xmodmap -pke
you should see the keycodes for the F1, F2, etc. keys (67, 68, etc.)
be mapped to something like
keycode  67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1

If the XF86_Switch_VT_1 is not there, this may be a reason you are unable to
switch virtual consoles. I had this problem because I was using a dvorak xmodmap
file, but it did not properly map the codes to the XF86_* keysyms. My solution
was to modify the keymap I was loading, and add the corresponding entries.

Leendert

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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-02 Thread Andrej Kacian
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:34:56 -0400
Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 At 03:27 PM 10/1/03 , Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
   On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a console. 
Is this set in a config file somewhere, and if so how do I get
it to work again?
  
   In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to Serverflags section:
   Option DontVTSwitch  yes
  
   man XF86Config
  
 err, that should be no if you want to switch to consoles
 
 Peter
 
 I added the DontVTSwitch no to /etc/X11/XF86Config and it had no
 affect ( also tried using no as well).
 

Even after restarting X?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-02 Thread Steve
At 11:28 AM 10/2/03 , Andrej Kacian wrote and said this:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:34:56 -0400
Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 At 03:27 PM 10/1/03 , Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
   On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a console.
Is this set in a config file somewhere, and if so how do I get
it to work again?
  
   In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to Serverflags section:
   Option DontVTSwitch  yes
  
   man XF86Config
  
 err, that should be no if you want to switch to consoles
 
 Peter

 I added the DontVTSwitch no to /etc/X11/XF86Config and it had no
 affect ( also tried using no as well).

Even after restarting X?


Yep, even after restarting X.



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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-02 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Thursday 02 October 2003 12:33 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 11:28 AM 10/2/03 , Andrej Kacian wrote and said this:
 On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:34:56 -0400
 
 Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   At 03:27 PM 10/1/03 , Peter Ruskin wrote:
   On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
  1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a
  console. Is this set in a config file somewhere, and if
  so how do I get it to work again?

 In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to Serverflags
 section: Option DontVTSwitch  yes

 man XF86Config
   
   err, that should be no if you want to switch to consoles
   
   Peter
  
   I added the DontVTSwitch no to /etc/X11/XF86Config and it
   had no affect ( also tried using no as well).
 
 Even after restarting X?

 Yep, even after restarting X.



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what happens if you press ctrl+alt+printscreen?
That should take you back to the last VT you were logged into. Check 
to make sure you have the right driver for your keyboard in your 
XF86Config.
Can you switch consoles BEFORE you start X?
If you can, the problem is in XF86Config
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-02 Thread Steve
At 03:32 PM 10/2/03 , Ernie Schroder wrote:
On Thursday 02 October 2003 12:33 pm, Steve wrote:
 At 11:28 AM 10/2/03 , Andrej Kacian wrote and said this:
 On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:34:56 -0400
 
 Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   At 03:27 PM 10/1/03 , Peter Ruskin wrote:
   On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
  1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a
  console. Is this set in a config file somewhere, and if
  so how do I get it to work again?

 In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to Serverflags
 section: Option DontVTSwitch  yes

 man XF86Config
   
   err, that should be no if you want to switch to consoles
   
   Peter
  
   I added the DontVTSwitch no to /etc/X11/XF86Config and it
   had no affect ( also tried using no as well).
 
 Even after restarting X?

 Yep, even after restarting X.



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what happens if you press ctrl+alt+printscreen?
That should take you back to the last VT you were logged into. Check
to make sure you have the right driver for your keyboard in your
XF86Config.
Can you switch consoles BEFORE you start X?
If you can, the problem is in XF86Config
Nothing happens when I press ctrl+alt+printscreen
The driver appears to be correct for the keyboard, pc101,us
I cam switch consoles before starting X, yes.
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[gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-01 Thread Steve
I have my Gentoo system pretty much set up and running how I want it but I 
have these three annoyances:

1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a console.  Is this set 
in a config file somewhere, and if so how do I get it to work again?

2.  Upon booting I get this message right after Mounting Local 
Filesystems completes: 'modprobe: modprobe: Cant locate module 
nls_iso8859-1'  I have a feeling that this is related to perhaps samba 
settings in the kernel config.

3.  Also, upon booting, I get this message after Bring interface lo up 
completes: ' modprobe: modprobe: Cant locate module ppp0'.  This one 
actually displays twice.  I have ppp compiled into the kernel and not as a 
module and pppd works fine.

Any suggestions and help is appreciated.



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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-01 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
 1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a console.  Is
 this set in a config file somewhere, and if so how do I get it to
 work again?

In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to Serverflags section:
Option DontVTSwitch  yes

man XF86Config

Peter
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-01 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
  1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a console.  Is
  this set in a config file somewhere, and if so how do I get it to
  work again?

 In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to Serverflags section:
 Option DontVTSwitch  yes

 man XF86Config

err, that should be no if you want to switch to consoles

Peter
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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-01 Thread gabriel
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 15:04, Steve wrote:
 2.  Upon booting I get this message right after Mounting Local 
 Filesystems completes: 'modprobe: modprobe: Cant locate module 
 nls_iso8859-1'  I have a feeling that this is related to perhaps samba
 settings in the kernel config.

i'd check your kernel config and make sure that the following are
enabled:

  File Systems / Native Language Support / Codepage 437
  File Systems / Native Language Support / NLS ISO 8859-1

obviously if you're not from Canada or the usa, then you'll want to use
a different codepage/nls.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-01 Thread Steve
At 03:27 PM 10/1/03 , Peter Ruskin wrote:
On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:25, Peter Ruskin wrote:
 On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 20:04, Steve wrote:
  1.  I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1-F6 to switch from X to a console.  Is
  this set in a config file somewhere, and if so how do I get it to
  work again?

 In /etc/X11/XF86Config, add the following to Serverflags section:
 Option DontVTSwitch  yes

 man XF86Config

err, that should be no if you want to switch to consoles
Peter
I added the DontVTSwitch no to /etc/X11/XF86Config and it had no affect 
( also tried using no as well).

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Re: [gentoo-user] Three small but annoying problems.

2003-10-01 Thread Steve
At 03:48 PM 10/1/03 , gabriel wrote:
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 15:04, Steve wrote:
 2.  Upon booting I get this message right after Mounting Local
 Filesystems completes: 'modprobe: modprobe: Cant locate module
 nls_iso8859-1'  I have a feeling that this is related to perhaps samba
 settings in the kernel config.
i'd check your kernel config and make sure that the following are
enabled:
  File Systems / Native Language Support / Codepage 437
  File Systems / Native Language Support / NLS ISO 8859-1
obviously if you're not from Canada or the usa, then you'll want to use
a different codepage/nls.
Thanks, marking these two as modules in the kernel config fixed it.



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