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Has anything changed recently that would prevent switching to virtual consoles with ctrl alt F1?
It has suddenly stopped working for me. The xorg.conf file (below) hasn't been changed in over a month. Have kept up to date with pacman -Syu. Only other possible cause was a hard reboot.
Any suggestions?
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# Load "glcore"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "xtrap"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
# Load "dri"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
#Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
# ModelName "Monitor Model"
Identifier "Monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "DigitalVibrance" # <i>
#Option "NoFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoLogo" # [<bool>]
#Option "UBB" # [<bool>]
#Option "Stereo" # <i>
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "NvAGP" # <i>
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConnectedMonitor" # <str>
#Option "ConnectedMonitors" # <str>
#Option "TVStandard" # <str>
#Option "TVOutFormat" # <str>
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "CursorShadow" # [<bool>]
#Option "CursorShadowAlpha" # <i>
#Option "CursorShadowXOffset" # <i>
#Option "CursorShadowYOffset" # <i>
#Option "UseEdidFreqs" # [<bool>]
#Option "FlatPanelProperties" # <str>
#Option "TwinView" # [<bool>]
#Option "TwinViewOrientation" # <str>
#Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" # <str>
#Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" # <str>
#Option "MetaModes" # <str>
#Option "UseInt10Module" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoRenderExtension" # [<bool>]
#Option "Overlay" # [<bool>]
#Option "CIOverlay" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceEmulatedOverlay" # [<bool>]
#Option "TransparentIndex" # <i>
#Option "OverlayDefaultVisual" # [<bool>]
#Option "NvEmulate" # <i>
#Option "NoBandWidthTest" # [<bool>]
#Option "CustomEDID-CRT-0" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-CRT-1" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-DFP-0" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-DFP-1" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-TV-0" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-TV-1" # <str>
#Option "TVOverScan" # <f>
#Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" # <str>
#Option "MultisampleCompatibility" # [<bool>]
#Option "RegistryDwords" # <str>
#Option "RegistryBinary" # <str>
#Option "NoPowerConnectorCheck" # [<bool>]
#Option "AllowDFPStereo" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCUsesTextures" # [<bool>]
#Option "HorizSync" # <str>
#Option "VertRefresh" # <str>
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" # [<bool>]
#Option "RandRRotation" # [<bool>]
#Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" # [<bool>]
# Driver "vesa"
# VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
# BoardName "NV15DDR [GeForce2 Ti]"
# BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
Card "nv GeForce2 Ti"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 1
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 4
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 8
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 15
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 16
# EndSubSection
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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normally its one of these:
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
#Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
but nodeadkeys is commented out like it should. XkbLayout should represent your locale(?). I assume gb stands for Great Britain, mine is us. Maybe try fiddling with that.
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log contains a clue:
"Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap"
Yet the problem only occurs for users, not root, so presumably, its permissions related?
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how about this?
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection
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Another clue was "unable to write to /var/tmp/server-0.xkm"
Solved that by changing the permissions on /var/tmp to 777 (although not sure if thats legit).
The "Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap" error has gone as well.
Can now CTRL ALT F1 successfully.
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Here's the permission I have on /var/tmp:
drwxrwxrwt 6 root root 4.0K Apr 28 19:31 tmp/
I don't know what the
t
means or how to get it with chmod. :?
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t is the sticky bit. It'll be the first digit in chmod (left blank defaults to zero)
chmod 1777 /var/tmp
The sticky bit allows only the user or root to manipulate the files they created in the directory, even though the directory is world writable (777).
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t is the sticky bit. It'll be the first digit in chmod (left blank defaults to zero)
chmod 1777 /var/tmp
The sticky bit allows only the user or root to manipulate the files they created in the directory, even though the directory is world writable (777).
Thanks for the explanation.
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