Re: [SOLVED] switching to console and zapping

2010-07-04 Thread lee
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 11:34:52AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:39:53 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > > > > Well, I changed the keyboard setting in xorg.conf: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Keyboard0" > > Driver "kbd" > > Option "X

Re: [SOLVED] switching to console and zapping

2010-07-04 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:31:59 -0400 (EDT), Tomasz Maluszycki wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:15:58 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: >> >> Well, I changed the keyboard setting in xorg.conf: >> >> >> Section "InputDevice" >>    Identifier     "Keyboard0" >>    Driver         "kbd" >>    Option         "XKBOpt

Re: [SOLVED] switching to console and zapping

2010-07-04 Thread Tomasz Maluszycki
> On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:15:58 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > > Well, I changed the keyboard setting in xorg.conf: > > > Section "InputDevice" >    Identifier     "Keyboard0" >    Driver         "kbd" >    Option         "XKBOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" >    Option         "XkbModel" "pc102" >    Option    

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Nuno Magalhães
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Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 03 July 2010 18:05:53 Ron Johnson wrote: > But then, I also didn't mention the Virgin Islands or, > further away, Trinidad and Tobago. These are not in the USA. If we are looking world wide there are also: England [it is, after all, called English ;-)], Wales, Scotland, Ireland, la

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:05:53 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/03/2010 11:49 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> You forgot Hawaii! > > That's true. But then, I also didn't mention the Virgin Islands or, > further away, Trinidad and Tobago. IOW, you've got to set practical > limits somewhere

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Chris
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:05:53 -0500 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/03/2010 11:49 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:02:01 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 07/03/2010 10:34 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > >>> > >>> Q: What do you call a man who speaks only one language? > >>> A: An

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/03/2010 11:49 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:02:01 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/03/2010 10:34 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Q: What do you call a man who speaks only one language? A: An American. :-) We speak the primary language of the [US] from Nome AK to Mia

[OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:02:01 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/03/2010 10:34 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> Q: What do you call a man who speaks only one language? >> A: An American. :-) >> > > We speak the primary language of the [US] from Nome AK to Miami FL (7200 > km) and San Diego CA

Re: [SOLVED] switching to console and zapping

2010-07-03 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 06:39, lee wrote: > > USB sucks for keyboard connections : The one I had to use before > was an USB keyboard, and the responses to keystrokes were a hell of a > lot slower than they are now with the PS/2 connection. It might be due > to the keyboard, but I think it's an

Re: [SOLVED] switching to console and zapping

2010-07-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/03/2010 10:34 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: [snip] Q: What do you call a man who speaks only one language? A: An American. :-) We speak the primary language of the from Nome AK to Miami FL (7200 km) and San Diego CA to St. John's NL (5550 km). Thus, there is little pressure for "us" to

Re: [SOLVED] switching to console and zapping

2010-07-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:39:53 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > > Well, I changed the keyboard setting in xorg.conf: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XKBOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > Option

Re: [SOLVED] switching to console and zapping

2010-07-03 Thread lee
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 01:34:54PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:15:58 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > > > > Thanks! I got it to work after configuring the keyboard. Though the > > keyboard worked fine, it wasn't set up correctly, but since it is, I > > can switch again. > > >

[SOLVED] switching to console and zapping

2010-07-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:15:58 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > > Thanks! I got it to work after configuring the keyboard. Though the > keyboard worked fine, it wasn't set up correctly, but since it is, I > can switch again. > > I was thinking that there must be something configured to prevent the > swit

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-07-01 Thread lee
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:46:22AM -0400, Alan Greenberger wrote: > On 2010-06-25, lee wrote: > > > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > > Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with > > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, though this feature is not turne

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-30 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2010-06-25, lee wrote: > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, though this feature is not turned off in the > xorg.conf. I'm using fvwm-crystal as a window manager. On on

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread lee
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 05:38:25PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > I am being asked when I see your messages that you have asked for a > read receipt. Are you getting lots of them? > > For me it is mildly annoying and pointless for this list. Yes, it is, I'm sorry. I'll have to reconfigure that.

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread cjns1989
re... know about it, even? -- Original Message -- From: "lee" l...@yun.yagibdah.de Date: Jun. 28 2010 11:07AM Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 07:17:56PM -0500, cjns1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > -- Origi

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread Alan Chandler
On 28/06/10 17:11, lee wrote: On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 03:21:58PM +0200, lee wrote: On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:59:25PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:36:03PM +0200, lee wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: No idea why VT switching doesn

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread lee
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 03:21:58PM +0200, lee wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:59:25PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:36:03PM +0200, lee wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > > > > No idea why VT switching doesn't work for you.

Re: Fw: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread lee
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 07:17:56PM -0500, cjns1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > -- Original Message -- > From: cjns1...@gmail.com > Date: Jun. 27 2010 02:26PM > Subject: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping > > buggy video driver? try Driver "vesa&qu

Fw: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread cjns1989
-- Original Message -- From: cjns1...@gmail.com Date: Jun. 27 2010 02:26PM Subject: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping buggy video driver? try Driver "vesa" in device section of xorg.conf. -- Original Message -- From: "lee" l...@yun.y

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread lee
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 08:35:23AM -0700, John Magolske wrote: > * lee [100626 12:44]: > > > > Neither switching to consoles is possible, nor terminating the X > > server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. > > I have DontZap in the ServerFlags section rather under ServerLayout as > you show. The relevant

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread John Magolske
* lee [100626 12:45]: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:29:50AM +0530, Anand Sivaram wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 05:44, lee wrote: > > > > Try "chvt n" where n is the same as n of Fn. similary "chvt 7" from a text > > console should bring you back to your x session. > > Thanks! It doesn't work

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread John Magolske
* lee [100626 12:44]: > What I have is: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Layout0" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" > Option "AllowE

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread lee
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:59:25PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:36:03PM +0200, lee wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > > > No idea why VT switching doesn't work for you. To get Ctrl+Alt+BS working > > > again you need to change /e

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:36:03PM +0200, lee wrote: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > > No idea why VT switching doesn't work for you. To get Ctrl+Alt+BS working > > again you need to change /etc/default/keyboard: > > > > XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > > I

Fwd: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread Anand Sivaram
-- Forwarded message -- From: lee Date: Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 02:01 Subject: switching to console and zapping To: debian-user Hi, what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session wit

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread lee
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > No idea why VT switching doesn't work for you. To get Ctrl+Alt+BS working > again you need to change /etc/default/keyboard: > > XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" It's not working --- I quit the X session, restarted hal as pointed

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread lee
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:54:50AM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > Excerpts from lee's message of Fri Jun 25 20:31:15 + 2010: > > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > > Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with > > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, t

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread lee
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:29:50AM +0530, Anand Sivaram wrote: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 05:44, lee wrote: > > > > Neither switching to consoles is possible, nor terminating the X > > server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. > > > > > > > > > Try "chvt n" where n is the same as n of Fn. similary "chvt 7" f

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-26 Thread Sascha Silbe
Excerpts from lee's message of Fri Jun 25 20:31:15 + 2010: > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, though this feature is not turned off in the > xorg.conf. I'm using fvwm-

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-25 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 05:44, lee wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 05:13:46PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:31:15 -0400 (EDT), lee > wrote: > > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > > > Alt+Fx anymore? > > > > You never could. You n

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-25 Thread lee
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 05:13:46PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:31:15 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > > Alt+Fx anymore? > > You never could. You need Ctrl too. For example, switching from the > X consol

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:31:15 -0400 (EDT), lee wrote: > what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with > Alt+Fx anymore? You never could. You need Ctrl too. For example, switching from the X console to text console number 1 requires Ctrl+Alt+F1 And last I knew, you ha

switching to console and zapping

2010-06-25 Thread lee
Hi, what could be the reason why I can't switch from X11 to consoles with Alt+Fx anymore? It's also not possible to kill the X session with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, though this feature is not turned off in the xorg.conf. I'm using fvwm-crystal as a window manager. This has been going on for a quite a