Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 23:52:02 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner <xwin@larseighner.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Bump killed VT switching Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205242336450.71618@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz>
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I am using 8.3-p1 amd64. I have Intel video which has been working with the Intel driver. For fallback and experimental purposes, the VESA driver also works. The recent xorg bump killed VT switching for me. It killed it whether I use the Intel driver or try the VESA driver. As VT switching is vital for the way I work, I have reverted to the pre-April-21 version. Curiously, this doesn't restore the previous behavior (switch on alt-Fx or ctl-alt-Fx) but it does switch on shift-Fx. AltSysReq does not seem to work either. Sometime since I last had to mess with the x-keyboard, rules seem to have superseded keyboard mapping, and I find rules complete incomprehensible - kind of like Linux console keyboard mapping which was the decisive factor in my choosing FreeBSD some ten years ago. I just want a US keyboard with VT switching. I never want characters outside iso-8859-1. (I would really like a window system without utf/unicode crap.) Is there any chance VT switching might be restored to the current port -- or is this suppressed forever on purpose (for our own good or something). -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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