Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-19 Thread CN Liou
Does another keyboard work? Yeah! My another old spare keyboard proves that F7 and F9 of the existing keyboard are broken. I should not have posted this problem in the beginning which have wasted everyone's precious time! Pardon me for being stubborn! Regards, CN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 10:31:50PM +0800, CN Liou wrote: > >You can run "xev" from a windowmaker terminal to check if your F7 key is > >still registering key press/release events. (That is not exactly the > >same situation as when you try to switch back to vt7, but you will see > >whether the key i

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-18 Thread CN Liou
You can run "xev" from a windowmaker terminal to check if your F7 key is still registering key press/release events. (That is not exactly the same situation as when you try to switch back to vt7, but you will see whether the key is active at all.) Every key stroke from F1 to F12 triggers an eve

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 19:07:15 +0800, CN Liou wrote: > >What happens if you try to "chvt 7" from one of the ttys? Any error > >messages or other clues? > > Amazing! It take me back to WindowMaker! > > How embarrassed I am! Maybe some keys on my keyboard are broken as a > result of water drops

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-18 Thread CN Liou
What happens if you try to "chvt 7" from one of the ttys? Any error messages or other clues? Amazing! It take me back to WindowMaker! How embarrassed I am! Maybe some keys on my keyboard are broken as a result of water drops on it days ago when it was raining outside as well as inside of my

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 13:55:42 +0800, CN Liou wrote: > >I know Bastille will log to 7, moving X to a higher vt. Try running > >"fgconsole" to find out which tty X is using. It might be 8 or 9. > > fgconsole reports 7. What happens if you try to "chvt 7" from one of the ttys? Any error message

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-17 Thread CN Liou
Doesn't Alt-F7 (no Ctl) do it? It doesn't. Regards, CN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-17 Thread Kent West
CN Liou wrote: >> I know Bastille will log to 7, moving X to a higher vt. Try running >> "fgconsole" to find out which tty X is using. It might be 8 or 9. > > fgconsole reports 7. I had a similar (but not exact) problem last week; turns out my /var partition was full. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-17 Thread CN Liou
I know Bastille will log to 7, moving X to a higher vt. Try running "fgconsole" to find out which tty X is using. It might be 8 or 9. fgconsole reports 7. Regards, CN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-17 Thread Michael Marsh
On 7/17/06, CN Liou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know since when Ctrl+Alt+F7 does not bring me back to WindowMaker any more. Once I switch from WindowMaker to console by hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1 ~ F6, I lose my GUI forever and killing process xinit is my only "solution" to this problem for the t

Re: xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-17 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 7/17/06, CN Liou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi!I don't know since when Ctrl+Alt+F7 does not bring me back to WindowMakerany more. Once I switch from WindowMaker to console by hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1~ F6, I lose my GUI forever and killing process xinit is my only "solution" to this problem for the ti

xorg: Ctrl + Alt + F7 does'nt bring me back to WindowMaker

2006-07-17 Thread CN Liou
Hi! I don't know since when Ctrl+Alt+F7 does not bring me back to WindowMaker any more. Once I switch from WindowMaker to console by hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1 ~ F6, I lose my GUI forever and killing process xinit is my only "solution" to this problem for the time being. Helps will be much appre