From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 4 15:19:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9738216A419 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 15:19:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kellers@njit.edu) Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83DA813C442 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 15:19:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kellers@njit.edu) Received: from www.smsd.tv (ool-18bb7953.dyn.optonline.net [24.187.121.83]) by mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0JM900F767UBI800@mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:49:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from access.smsd ([10.10.10.10]) by www.smsd.tv (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l74EnGND024227; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:49:16 -0400 (EDT envelope-from kellers@njit.edu) Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:49:05 -0400 From: Tim Kellers To: questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <46B491E1.4040205@njit.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5) Gecko/20070725 SeaMonkey/1.1.3 Cc: timothyk@smsoftdesign.com Subject: Xorg 7.2 console switching problem 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: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:19:24 -0000 I tried doing some searching on this (mailing list and Google) but although I saw the problem mentioned, I didn't see much discussion or any resolutions. If I missed something, please pardon the noise. After I upgraded both a Gateway laptop and a Dell Optiplex to Xorg 7.2 (both running 6.2-STABLE built July 26th), I lost the ability to alt-SHIFT-F1 -F8 and switch to a console. Console switching worked fine with Xorg 6.9. I found that I was missing the /usr/local/share/X11/compiled directory and the /usr/local/share/X11/compiled/server-0.xkm file. I made the directory and touch'd the filename, restarted X and I got the console-switching function back. I thought I followed the instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING to the letter. Has anyone else seen this happen or does anyone have any idea of what I might have done wrong in the upgrade? Thanks Tim Kellers