Re: Can no longer use ctrl-alt-del in new X - bug or feature?
Tim Connors(tconnors+linuxdebianuser1080903557@astro.swin.edu.au) is reported to have said:
> Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> said on Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:40:50 +0100:
> > On 02 Apr 2004, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote:
> > > s. keeling wrote:
> > > []
> > > >
> > > >>does anything, nor does ctrl-shift-f1 take me to a text terminal. To
> > > >
> > > >ctrl-alt-f1 then ctrl-alt-f7 to go back.
> > >
> > > rather Alt-F7 to go back (without Ctrl).
> > >
> > > --
> > > *** Michal R. Hoffmann | <mailto:misiek@knm.org.pl> ***
> > > *** -= member of: KNM, ZUKiH, HCKU =- ***
> > >
> > >
> >
> > None of these do anything since upgrading to the version of X in Sarge
> > (4.3 I think -can't remember the number).
> >
> > I'm not using gnome or kde - just plain icewm.
>
> FYI, X 4.3 has much different XKB handling that previous versions -
> they broke how Xemacs (but not Emacs) handles shifted function keys,
> so Xemacs only sees the unshifted function key.
>
> Naturally, both sets of developers blame each other, but it sounds
> like X are more in the wrong, because apparently there is only one
> person in the world who understands the new XKB functionaility (which
> only works on Linux anyway so any workaround on Xemacs's part has to
> be disabled for everything else), and he hasn't yet documented any of
> it, and `xmodmap -pke | grep F1` shows that the function keys are now
> pointing to VT_SWITCH_CONSOLE (or something similar) instead of their
> correct entries. Maybe you have changed this as follows:
>
> I've got this in my Xmodmap file:
> !seems X4.3 broke Xemacs. Try removing these again later
> !souce the following only on telluirum - see .xmodmap-tellurium
> keycode 67 = F1
> keycode 68 = F2
> keycode 69 = F3
> keycode 70 = F4
> keycode 71 = F5
> keycode 72 = F6
> keycode 73 = F7
> keycode 74 = F8
> keycode 75 = F9
> keycode 76 = F10
> keycode 95 = F11
> keycode 96 = F12
>
> But this disables the ability to switch consoles. So you can either
> have working Xemacs or you can have working console switching, but not
> both.
>
Strange...
bash-2.05b$ dpkg -l xbase-* xserver-* |grep ii
ii xbase-clients 4.3.0-7 miscellaneous X clients
ii xserver-common 4.3.0-7 files and utilities common to all X servers
ii xserver-xfree8 4.3.0-7 the XFree86 X server
bssh-2.05b$ xmodmap -pke |grep F1
keycode 67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1
keycode 76 = F10 XF86_Switch_VT_10
keycode 95 = F11 XF86_Switch_VT_11
keycode 96 = F12 XF86_Switch_VT_12
I see other oddities with X4.3, but not what you cite.
Wayne
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