From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 8 07:53:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E9B16A46E for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 07:53:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6904013C447 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 07:53:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 29029 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2007 17:52:59 +1000 Received: from 203-217-79-53.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.217.79.53) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Jun 2007 17:52:59 +1000 Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 17:52:55 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Vlad GURDIGA" Message-ID: <20070608175255.0ee8d1fb@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X.org 7.2 keyboard layout switching does not work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:53:06 -0000 On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 10:38:53 +0300 "Vlad GURDIGA" wrote: > Hello! > > After upgrading to Xorg 7.2 "by the book" (/usr/ports/UPDATING), I > could not switch my keyboard layouts as I did with the previous > version. Even more, I could not switch to text-mode console using > Ctrl-Alt-F1. > After I've regenerated a new xorg.conf using "Xorg -configure", I was > able to switch to text-mode console, but after adding the two lines > for keyboard layout switch (from my old xorg.conf): > > Option "XkbLayout" "us,ro" > Option "XKbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle" > > Ctrl-Alt-F1 stopped working and the keyboard layout switching did not > work. Google gave me some hints from the Gentoo documentation site > regarding the imposibility to switch to text-mode console, but the > solutions provided there did not work for me. > > Are there any substantial changes in the way that keyboard layout > switching works in X.org 7.2 vs. 6.9? > > # uname -a > FreeBSD kpax 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #2: Sat Jun 2 20:00:40 > EEST 2007 root@kpax:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Sorry for being a me too, as per http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007-May/149940.html B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Throughout the centuries there were [people] who took first steps down new paths armed only with their own vision." Ayn Rand I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.