problems after xorg 7.3 upgrade ('b', 'n' keys don't work)

[Ed Schouten]

* Chris Shenton <chris at shenton.org> wrote:
> Mike Harding and Ed Schouten and I reported the same problem.  Ed
> describes it well at:
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Wanted---pointers-re-where-to-look-for-keyboard-bug.-tf4622905.html#a13202110
> 
> The other day I tried it on a diskless system I have in the kitchen --
> it mounts the same Xorg and filesystem and so on from my main
> server... and it worked like a charm.  So Xorg is not completely broken,
> it's something else: hardware, driver, config?  I had switched keyboards
> on the ailing system before so didn't suspect that.
> 
> Today, I removed the Xorg config file for the problematic system
> (xorg.conf.MyHostname) and used xorgconfig to create a new one in
> /etc/X11/, which worked fine.  I merged in some of my old configs.
> 
> But what I noticed I could NOT do was something I was told to use in
> xorg to allow VT switching by Ctl-Alt-Fn:
> 
>   Section "ServerFlags"
>       Option	"DontVTSwitch"	"false"
>       Option	"XkbDisable"	"true"	
>   EndSection
> 
> I can still specify the first Option, but it does nothing: I cannot
> switch VTs -- key sequences are sent to the X11 client app.
> 
> If I try to use the second Option, then I get the broken keys, repeat,
> and other defects.  So I've commented out this line.  
> 
> At least now I can use 7.3: I'll trade working keys for broken VT switching.
> 
> I don't know if this can be addressed with xkeyboard-config (in ports,
> but not installed in my system) or not. 

So you're telling: if you enable VT switching support, you break the B/N
keys? Too bad we can't use both. I'll try it on my desktop in a minute.
Thank you! :-)

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed at fxq.nl>
 WWW: http://g-rave.nl/
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