On 11 Apr 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 09:47:29AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > for example), no text is displayed. It looks as if the monitor is not > > > switched back to text mode or is in an invalid frequency range, because I > > > see some lines moving everywhere on the screen but no text. However, I can > > > type commands and they are executed (I know because, for example, I can > > > "shutdown -r now") but I have no idea why I can't see the text... And I can > > > switch back to X with Ctrl-Alt-F7 just fine. > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > I brought this one up here a few weeks ago, and someone pointed out that > > the problem seems to be related to xmodmap. I'm not sure if it is all > > .xmodmap files or just the one I have, but in my case either I do > > without xmodmap, or I can't switch to text terminals (and can't exit X > > with Crtl-Alt-Del). If you look back in the archive a few weeks ago you > > will see the thread. > > > > Anthony > > Same here, I had the same problem, culdn switch back to console, the > problem lasted for quite a while because I thought it was due to > dropping the ati binary driver. Until one day that my wife complained > about having to read her email in mutt, and I opned an account for > her, with mozilla mail. Then I noticed that from her account I could > switch back to console. The only difference seemed to be an xmodmap > that I loaded at login ... It got me to experiment with xmodmap. I can > tell you the following: Now I load xmodmap, but one that uses no key > modification, the only keys that I miss are questiondown (?), > exclamdown (?) and gillemots (?,?). But the trade so far is fine: I > can get back to console, which is very important for me. > > >
I have to admit to relying on xkeycaps to do what I want (mainly convert Caps Lock to Escape and make both Alt keys work the same). I've tried modifying the resultant xmodmap file but without much success. Fortunately I don't need to get back to the console very often nowadays. AC -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
