How to change the ctrl+alt+Fkey VT switching

[mi_unixbird]

So basically ctrl+alt+F1 switches to VT1 etc by default in Gentoo. I know this can be changed some-how because I have done so in the past but how eludes me.

Basically, I want this to be mod4+F1, as I recall, this happens on such a low level that you have to give keycodes instead of keysyms (or even scancodes) but that's fine.
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[Roman_Gruber]

[cboldt]

I don't have a precise answer, but write to point out that your question is ambiguous, or might be ambiguous.

Ctl-Alt-F1 works from most "X" environments, but all that is required to get from one console to another (once out of "X"), is Alt-Fx.

So, from your question, I think you are asking about key reassignment from whatever environment you have running under "X", maybe KDE, or Gnome, or XFCE, or something else. If my supposition is correct, then you'll need to tell what you are running, under "X," because the various window managers and desk managers have different means of binding keystrokes to functions.

I likely can't be any more help than that, without research, because I am not familiar with the "Mod4" keystroke modifier.

[mi_unixbird]

[cboldt]

You don't have to make a binary, all you have to do is bind Mod4-F1 to "chvt 1", using whatever mechanism your X-environment provides for binding keystrokes.

If you want to use Ctl-Alt-F1 for something else, or to be "nothing," you make that assignment too.

[mi_unixbird]

[cboldt]

So, "sudo chvt 1" Works for me from the command line.

On my system (I'm the only user) /etc/sudoers is setup to allow users in group "wheel" to run anything without giving password. Obviously, more narrow possibilities exist.

Simpler than making a suid script.