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#1 2014-06-13 14:21:18

subraizada3
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Keyboard shortcuts to switch TTYs changed

I have a problem similar to what is described by other people in this thread, but I didn't want to hijack it because this is a different issue than what the OP was talking about.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=128226

I recently updated the kernel to 3.14.6-1 and this problem started appearing after that.
Whenever I press Alt + left or right, it switches to the next or previous TTY.
Previously, I switched TTYs with Ctrl Alt Fx. Now only Alt Fx will switch TTYs.

The Alt + left/right TTY switching did not happen before, and now it interferes with going forward or back in browsers.
I looked at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_Shortcuts, and it seems that the shortcuts in the Terminal/Virtual Console section carry over into the X server.

How can I get rid of the Alt + left/right shortcut and require Ctrl to be pressed to switch TTYs with a F-key?

Last edited by subraizada3 (2014-06-13 14:23:43)

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#2 2014-06-13 14:29:21

karol
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to switch TTYs changed

If I'm in X, I need Ctrl, if I'm in the tty (outside of X), Alt + left / right and Alt+F2/F3 etc. is enough. I don't recall this ever being different, nothing changed for me. I'm using linux 3.15-1.
I'm using xorg-server 1.15.1-1 + dwm.

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#3 2014-06-13 16:23:46

subraizada3
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to switch TTYs changed

I tried pacman -Syy followed by -Su, and it refuses to find a version of the kernel newer than 3.14.6...
I also have xorg-server 1.15.1-1, with evilwm.

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#4 2014-06-13 16:36:29

karol
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to switch TTYs changed

I'm using [testing]. I should have mentioned it, sorry.
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=linux

Last edited by karol (2014-06-13 16:37:20)

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#5 2014-06-30 16:07:16

subraizada3
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to switch TTYs changed

Bump?

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#6 2014-06-30 16:27:20

MoonSwan
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to switch TTYs changed

Is this behaviour on the console and in the terminals while in X?  I'm assuming that the answer is yes but if not change the keys for just the terminal through its preferences?

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#7 2014-06-30 16:31:16

subraizada3
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to switch TTYs changed

This happens in the console and X.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_Shortcuts It seems that X doesn't disable the virtual console shortcuts when it starts (or whatever it does to keep the TTY shortcuts from doing things).

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#8 2016-10-07 12:03:07

biinari
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to switch TTYs changed

I just had the same problem where shortcuts Alt+Fx and Alt+cursor keys would switch TTYs even from within X. I fixed it by setting

Option "GrabDevice" "True"

for my keyboard input. This prevents other drivers from initializing the device and thereby removes the TTY shortcuts from the X session.

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
Section "InputClass"
  Identifier "system-keyboard"
  MatchIsKeyboard "on"
  Option "XkbLayout" "gb,gb"
  Option "XkbVariant" "dvorakukp,"
  Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
  Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_caps_toggle"
  Option "GrabDevice" "True"
EndSection

Relevant package versions:

linux 4.7.6-1
xorg-server 1.18.4-1
libevdev 1.5.4-1

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