cntl alt f1 . N problem

[Dan Nicholson]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Andrea Fino <af at faino.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I am using a basic stripped linux os, just kernel with libc, shell and
>  some other utilities and X.
>
>  Using the 1.4 xorg server I had this behaviour:
>
>  1) cntl alt f1 worked fine (switch to the first vt) only after a user
>  successfully logged in (-query host). Using X without -query
>  I was unable to switch to the vt
>
>  2) num lock, caps lock leds does not power on the led light.
>
>  Following an hint on irc, I got xorg-server-1.4.0.90:
>
>  1) led light working fine now
>
>  2) I am not able to switch vt at all.
>
>  So do you have any hint to log/debug this thing, or any clue at all?

They're known problems upstream. You could pull the server-1.4-branch
and build that. It has some more fixes since 1.4.0.90 and should
become 1.4.1 at some point.

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/log/?h=server-1.4-branch

I don't know if the VT switching bug has been addressed yet.

--
Dan