Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:32:09 GMT From: pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org (Peter Much) To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 7.2-PRE: switch virtual console drops crazy characters into X Message-ID: <KI7CLL.1xM@citylink.dinoex.sub.org>
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Hi all, to make a long story short, I got trapped in the Xorg upgrade problems (concerning HAL etc.) that were widely reported during January. After reading thru the material I figured out that there are not much chances that somebody would take effort and fix these things for a 6.3 Release. So I decided to give it a try with the 7.2-PRERELASE. And, well, after recompiling all the stuff, the problems seem gone so far. Only one strange thing has appeared: Every time I switch from X to a virtual console and back, I get some characters dropped into my command-line in the X window, and have to delete them with the backspace key. These characters read: ^[[20~ Now this is exactly the escape sequence on the F9 key (where the X runs), if it were pressed without Ctrl-Alt. That shouldn't happen. Now the funny thing is: this does only happen when booting the GENERIC kernel. When I boot my normal custom made kernel, it does not happen. Now this is strange. Usually the GENERIC kernel should show the least unexpected behaviour. Alright, there are lots and lots of devices left out of my custom kernel, but I do not see anything that could have to do with VT switching. I do not quite understand it. But I am also not so much bored that I would start trying out options and building kernels so to find what makes this happen. So, if anyone experiences the similar thing, and is enough annoyed to do something about it, I will happily send a diff from my kernel configs. rgds, PMc
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