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* [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT
@ 2011-04-16 23:09 Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
  2011-04-17  8:05 ` Kfir Lavi
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Jesús J. Guerrero Botella @ 2011-04-16 23:09 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Hello.

I am having this issue since a couple of days ago.

When I press the win key (alone) I am taken back to VT, which is quite
annoying since I've used win+[123456] to go to the respective virtual
desktops for years.

I've tried downgrading xorg-server and it didn't work. I've also tried
to change mingetty (which I've been using for years as well) by
agetty, no change either.

If I restart the xdm service (I use kdm) then everything works as
expected and I can use the windows key for my bindings.

Any idea on where to start looking or how to diagnose this?

Thanks everyone.

-- 
Jesús Guerrero Botella



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* Re: [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT
  2011-04-16 23:09 [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
@ 2011-04-17  8:05 ` Kfir Lavi
       [not found]   ` <BANLkTik0+1bgheLpxLs=_bqY4z=5SVhO+Q@mail.gmail.com>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Kfir Lavi @ 2011-04-17  8:05 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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2011/4/17 Jesús J. Guerrero Botella <jesus.guerrero.botella@gmail.com>

> Hello.
>
> I am having this issue since a couple of days ago.
>
> When I press the win key (alone) I am taken back to VT, which is quite
> annoying since I've used win+[123456] to go to the respective virtual
> desktops for years.
>
> I've tried downgrading xorg-server and it didn't work. I've also tried
> to change mingetty (which I've been using for years as well) by
> agetty, no change either.
>
> If I restart the xdm service (I use kdm) then everything works as
> expected and I can use the windows key for my bindings.
>
> Any idea on where to start looking or how to diagnose this?
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> --
> Jesús Guerrero Botella
>
>
Try to reset all shortcuts with:
setxkbmap -option

Maybe this will help, but not sure.

Kfir

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* Re: [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT
       [not found]   ` <BANLkTik0+1bgheLpxLs=_bqY4z=5SVhO+Q@mail.gmail.com>
@ 2011-04-17 22:27     ` Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
  2011-04-19 22:17       ` Kfir Lavi
  2011-04-20 10:38       ` YoYo Siska
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Jesús J. Guerrero Botella @ 2011-04-17 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

El día 18 de abril de 2011 00:01, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
<jesus.guerrero.botella@gmail.com> escribió:
>> Try to reset all shortcuts with:
>> setxkbmap -option
>
> It doesn't change anything. The problem starts in kdm, before loging
> in, so it's nothing specific to a given user account.

Oh, I forgot, it is nothing specific to kdm either. What I meant above
is that it happens since I enter X. Or rather, since this is the
default behavior in the console, we could more correctly say that it
*continues* happening when I enter X, where it should not happen.

I tested the lxde login manager and it has the same problem.


-- 
Jesús Guerrero Botella



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* Re: [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT
  2011-04-17 22:27     ` Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
@ 2011-04-19 22:17       ` Kfir Lavi
  2011-04-20  8:14         ` Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
  2011-04-20 10:38       ` YoYo Siska
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Kfir Lavi @ 2011-04-19 22:17 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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2011/4/18 Jesús J. Guerrero Botella <jesus.guerrero.botella@gmail.com>

> El día 18 de abril de 2011 00:01, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
> <jesus.guerrero.botella@gmail.com> escribió:
> >> Try to reset all shortcuts with:
> >> setxkbmap -option
> >
> > It doesn't change anything. The problem starts in kdm, before loging
> > in, so it's nothing specific to a given user account.
>
> Oh, I forgot, it is nothing specific to kdm either. What I meant above
> is that it happens since I enter X. Or rather, since this is the
> default behavior in the console, we could more correctly say that it
> *continues* happening when I enter X, where it should not happen.
>
> I tested the lxde login manager and it has the same problem.
>
>
> --
> Jesús Guerrero Botella
>
>
What X drivers you have in your make.conf?

Kfir

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* Re: [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT
  2011-04-19 22:17       ` Kfir Lavi
@ 2011-04-20  8:14         ` Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Jesús J. Guerrero Botella @ 2011-04-20  8:14 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

2011/4/20 Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@gmail.com>:
>
>
> What X drivers you have in your make.conf?
>
> Kfir
>

I only use the radeon driver for display and the evdev one for input.

-- 
Jesús Guerrero Botella



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* Re: [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT
  2011-04-17 22:27     ` Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
  2011-04-19 22:17       ` Kfir Lavi
@ 2011-04-20 10:38       ` YoYo Siska
  2011-05-10 10:55         ` Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: YoYo Siska @ 2011-04-20 10:38 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:03AM +0200, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote:
> El día 18 de abril de 2011 00:01, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
> <jesus.guerrero.botella@gmail.com> escribió:
> >> Try to reset all shortcuts with:
> >> setxkbmap -option
> >
> > It doesn't change anything. The problem starts in kdm, before loging
> > in, so it's nothing specific to a given user account.
> 
> Oh, I forgot, it is nothing specific to kdm either. What I meant above
> is that it happens since I enter X. Or rather, since this is the
> default behavior in the console, we could more correctly say that it
> *continues* happening when I enter X, where it should not happen.
> 
> I tested the lxde login manager and it has the same problem.
> 

It seems like X didn't switch the keyboard to raw mode or something like
this... The win key on linux console swithes to a previou vt (don't know
if it is intentional, or just a side effect of the kernel not correctly
handling it)

Sometimes, when an app freezes the whole X (usually when it grabs the
keyboard and freezes) I have to use the magic sysrq keys to "unraw" the
keyboard, which means I can that use alt-fX to swtich to text VTs, kill
the app and return to X... however from that moment on until I restart
X, the keyboard is not in raw mode and alt-fX and also the winkey switch
consoles (like you describe)

yoyo




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* Re: [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT
  2011-04-20 10:38       ` YoYo Siska
@ 2011-05-10 10:55         ` Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Jesús J. Guerrero Botella @ 2011-05-10 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

2011/4/20 YoYo Siska <yoyo@gl.ksp.sk>:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:03AM +0200, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote:
>> El día 18 de abril de 2011 00:01, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella
>> <jesus.guerrero.botella@gmail.com> escribió:
>> >> Try to reset all shortcuts with:
>> >> setxkbmap -option
>> >
>> > It doesn't change anything. The problem starts in kdm, before loging
>> > in, so it's nothing specific to a given user account.
>>
>> Oh, I forgot, it is nothing specific to kdm either. What I meant above
>> is that it happens since I enter X. Or rather, since this is the
>> default behavior in the console, we could more correctly say that it
>> *continues* happening when I enter X, where it should not happen.
>>
>> I tested the lxde login manager and it has the same problem.
>>
>
> It seems like X didn't switch the keyboard to raw mode or something like
> this... The win key on linux console swithes to a previou vt (don't know
> if it is intentional, or just a side effect of the kernel not correctly
> handling it)
>
> Sometimes, when an app freezes the whole X (usually when it grabs the
> keyboard and freezes) I have to use the magic sysrq keys to "unraw" the
> keyboard, which means I can that use alt-fX to swtich to text VTs, kill
> the app and return to X... however from that moment on until I restart
> X, the keyboard is not in raw mode and alt-fX and also the winkey switch
> consoles (like you describe)

This must be the key, but I still haven't found how to start digging
into this. In any case, if I manage to fix this I'll let everyone know
here. There must be a cause for this since I seem to be the only one
suffering this problem.

Thank you for all the pointers though, they might prove helpful sooner or later.


-- 
Jesús Guerrero Botella



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