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another_lobster
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 Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: console switching doesn't work in Xorg [SOLVED] |
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When I am in Enlightenment or in xfce4 I can't switch to another console (I'd like to open a text console) by using CTRL-ALT-Fx (where 'x' stands for 1...9).
I can switch from one text console to another before I run startx but when I am in the graphical environment I'm stuck to it.
I'm using Gentoo 2006.1 in a virtual machine I run through WMware Player (Windows XP). Here is the keyboard section in my xorg.conf:
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "it"
EndSection
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Any idea?
Bye,
Lobster
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bLUEbYTE84
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| Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
VMWare captures the Ctrl+Alt keystrokes. You need to configure it to not capture those. |
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another_lobster
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| Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:10 pm Post subject: console switching doesn't work in Xorg [SOLVED] |
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| bLUEbYTE84 wrote: | Hi,
VMWare captures the Ctrl+Alt keystrokes. You need to configure it to not capture those. |
ARGH... you're right!
Unluckily I use VMware Player which doesn't seems to have the possibility to make any such configuration. Do you know how I can do that?
Anyway I discovered what follows (just in case someone will read this post in the future):
1) while in the graphical environment I can get a text console (for instance) by pressing CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-F3
2) while in the text console, I can go back to the graphical environment by pressing ALT-F7. Neither CTRL nor SHIFT are required. Funny...
Bye,
Lobster |
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