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Date:      Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:51:09 +1030
From:      Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au>
To:        Parv <parv@pair.com>
Cc:        Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ctrl+Alt+number terminal switching stopped working
Message-ID:  <200601302151.09866.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20060130024621.GA7895@holestein.holy.cow>
References:  <200601282258.11962.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> <20060130024621.GA7895@holestein.holy.cow>

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On Monday 30 January 2006 13:16, Parv wrote:
> in message <200601282258.11962.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au>, wrote Ian
> Moore thusly...
>
> > I've just noticed I can't switch from my X session back to the
> > other vtty screens using Ctrl+Alt+1, Ctrl+Alt+2 etc.  I can't seem
> > to find any info on this - is it a known issue or is it just my
> > system?
>
> I can't say if "XkbDisable" would help in your case ...
>
>   Section "ServerFlags"
>     Option "DontZap"        "false"
>     Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"     "true"
>
>     #  XFree86 4.[34].x - Add "DontVTSwitch" to be false (for console
>     #  switching).
>     Option "DontVTSwitch"   "false"
>
>     Option "HandleSpecialKeys"      "Always"
>
>     #  Xorg 6.8.(2|99.903) - Add "XkbDisable" to be true (for console
>     #  switching).
>     Option "XkbDisable"      "true"
>   EndSection
>
>
> ... but try it.
>
>
>   - Parv

I've never had to specify any of those before - they always defaulted to those 
values, but I guess the default has changed in 6.9 - VT Switching works again 
now.

Cheers,
Ian



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