[gentoo-user] F keys gone mad

[gentoo-user] F keys gone mad

[Jorge Almeida]

I was trying vmware and something went wrong, causing the computer to
reboot.
Now I can't use my F keys. The system boots and goes X; after that, I
can't switch to a vt: CTRl-ALT-F? gives weird results (CTRl-ALT-F1-> P,
CTRl-ALT-F2 -> Q,...).
My keyboard is one of those silly Logitech thingies with
Windows-oriented F-keys, with a "lock" key to enable normal F-key
behaviour. I checked with xev that the keys were enabled.
I just have no idea of what to do next...
The keyboard never gave me any troubles before.

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Jorge Almeida
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Re: [gentoo-user] F keys gone mad

[Mick]

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On Friday 14 July 2006 19:19, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> I was trying vmware and something went wrong, causing the computer to
> reboot.
> Now I can't use my F keys. The system boots and goes X; after that, I
> can't switch to a vt: CTRl-ALT-F? gives weird results (CTRl-ALT-F1-> P,
> CTRl-ALT-F2 -> Q,...).
> My keyboard is one of those silly Logitech thingies with
> Windows-oriented F-keys, with a "lock" key to enable normal F-key
> behaviour. I checked with xev that the keys were enabled.

Could it be that your xorg.conf was corrupted?  What other files do your F 
keys need to access to operate?  I have found that with sudden crashes (I had 
a box with faulty memory that kept crashing on me) random files would get 
corrupted.  The contents would normally be sound but access rights would get 
muddled up.
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Regards,
Mick

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