Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:49:44 +0200 From: martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X.org 7.2 keyboard layout switching does not work Message-ID: <f4jquo$j49$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <da7069940706101110v6040f8ffn459eccd6e6d8948b@mail.gmail.com> References: <da7069940706101110v6040f8ffn459eccd6e6d8948b@mail.gmail.com>
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Vlad GURDIGA wrote:
> Hello!
>
> [There is no answer from freebsd-questions, so I repost here]
>
> 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
Hallo,
Switching to console does not work here in 7.2, too. :-/
My xorg.conf looks like this (it worked in 6.9):
Option "XkbLayout" "us,sk(qwerty)"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shifts_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
Any suggestions please ??
Cheers,
Martin
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