Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-07-01 Thread lee
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:46:22AM -0400, Alan Greenberger wrote: > On 2010-06-25, lee wrote: > > > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > > Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with > > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, though this feature is not turne

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-30 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2010-06-25, lee wrote: > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, though this feature is not turned off in the > xorg.conf. I'm using fvwm-crystal as a window manager. On on

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread lee
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 05:38:25PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > I am being asked when I see your messages that you have asked for a > read receipt. Are you getting lots of them? > > For me it is mildly annoying and pointless for this list. Yes, it is, I'm sorry. I'll have to reconfigure that.

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread cjns1989
re... know about it, even? -- Original Message -- From: "lee" l...@yun.yagibdah.de Date: Jun. 28 2010 11:07AM Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 07:17:56PM -0500, cjns1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > -- Origi

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread Alan Chandler
On 28/06/10 17:11, lee wrote: On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 03:21:58PM +0200, lee wrote: On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:59:25PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:36:03PM +0200, lee wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: No idea why VT switching doesn

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread lee
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 03:21:58PM +0200, lee wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:59:25PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:36:03PM +0200, lee wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > > > > No idea why VT switching doesn't work for you.

Re: Fw: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread lee
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 07:17:56PM -0500, cjns1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > -- Original Message -- > From: cjns1...@gmail.com > Date: Jun. 27 2010 02:26PM > Subject: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping > > buggy video driver? try Driver "vesa&qu

Fw: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread cjns1989
-- Original Message -- From: cjns1...@gmail.com Date: Jun. 27 2010 02:26PM Subject: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping buggy video driver? try Driver "vesa" in device section of xorg.conf. -- Original Message -- From: "lee" l...@yun.y

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread lee
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 08:35:23AM -0700, John Magolske wrote: > * lee [100626 12:44]: > > > > Neither switching to consoles is possible, nor terminating the X > > server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. > > I have DontZap in the ServerFlags section rather under ServerLayout as > you show. The relevant

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread John Magolske
* lee [100626 12:45]: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:29:50AM +0530, Anand Sivaram wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 05:44, lee wrote: > > > > Try "chvt n" where n is the same as n of Fn. similary "chvt 7" from a text > > console should bring you back to your x session. > > Thanks! It doesn't work

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread John Magolske
* lee [100626 12:44]: > What I have is: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Layout0" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" > Option "AllowE

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread lee
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:59:25PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:36:03PM +0200, lee wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > > > No idea why VT switching doesn't work for you. To get Ctrl+Alt+BS working > > > again you need to change /e

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:36:03PM +0200, lee wrote: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > > No idea why VT switching doesn't work for you. To get Ctrl+Alt+BS working > > again you need to change /etc/default/keyboard: > > > > XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > > I

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread lee
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > No idea why VT switching doesn't work for you. To get Ctrl+Alt+BS working > again you need to change /etc/default/keyboard: > > XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" It's not working --- I quit the X session, restarted hal as pointed

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread lee
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > Excerpts from lee's message of Fri Jun 25 20:31:15 + 2010: > > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > > Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with > > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, t

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread lee
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:29:50AM +0530, Anand Sivaram wrote: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 05:44, lee wrote: > > > > Neither switching to consoles is possible, nor terminating the X > > server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. > > > > > > > > > Try "chvt n" where n is the same as n of Fn. similary "chvt 7" f

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread Sascha Silbe
Excerpts from lee's message of Fri Jun 25 20:31:15 + 2010: > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, though this feature is not turned off in the > xorg.conf. I'm using fvwm-

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-25 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 05:44, lee wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 05:13:46PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:31:15 -0400 (EDT), lee > wrote: > > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > > > Alt+Fx anymore? > > > > You never could. You n

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-25 Thread lee
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 05:13:46PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:31:15 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > > Alt+Fx anymore? > > You never could. You need Ctrl too. For example, switching from the > X consol

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:31:15 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > Alt+Fx anymore? You never could. You need Ctrl too. For example, switching from the X console to text console number 1 requires Ctrl+Alt+F1 And last I knew, you ha