[Bug 487401] New: zapping Xserver and switching to text-vc does not work
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401 Summary: zapping Xserver and switching to text-vc does not work Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: X.Org AssignedTo: bnc-team-xorg-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: koenig@linux.de QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com Found By: --- after updating workPC to 11.1 CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and CTRL-ALT-F1 to -F6 did not work anymore (initially no ServerFlags section in xorg.conf). I tried to add explicit server flags with no success: Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontVTSwitch" "false" Option "DontZap" "false" EndSection comparing the keyboard section of my working (== zapping/vc-switchign) notebook xorg.conf showed that it's a problem in the keyboard section: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "venus_keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "LeftAlt" "Meta" Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift" # Option "XkbKeymap" "xfree86(us)" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection if I use one of the last two options ("XkbKeymap"/"XkbVariant") then zapping/switching does not work anymore! bug or known feature ? using option "XkbKeymap" the Xserver log shows the following messages which I wouldn't consider significant for or related to the zapping/vc-switching problem: (**) venus_keyboard: XkbKeymap: "xfree86(us)" (**) venus_keyboard: XkbKeymap overrides all other XKB settings (EE) XKB: No components provided for device venus_keyboard (WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap only adding option "XkbVariant" does not issue any server warnings/errors at all. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401 User koenig@linux.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401#c1 --- Comment #1 from Harald Koenig <koenig@linux.de> 2009-03-20 12:04:00 MST --- update after some more testing with "good" keyboard sections for german keyboards: option "XkbVariant" is not a problem iff valid strings for variants are used for the specific layouts: with german keyboard ("XkbLayout" "de") Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" allows zapping/switching. with "us" layout the variants "intl" and "" (empty string) allow zapping too, but the invalid "nodeadkeys" blocks zapping. option "XkbKeymap" was a leftover of older versions of XF86Config/xorg.conf, that can be just ignored, but anyway it should not trigger such problems.... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401#c2 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED CC| |sndirsch@novell.com Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2009-03-20 12:19:56 MST --- Hi Harald. We, i.e. everybody missed you on FOSDEM! (In reply to comment #0)
after updating workPC to 11.1 CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and CTRL-ALT-F1 to -F6 did not work anymore (initially no ServerFlags section in xorg.conf).
I tried to add explicit server flags with no success:
Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontVTSwitch" "false" Option "DontZap" "false" EndSection
I think you need to have xkb working for Zapping and VT switching meanwhile, which you obviously didn't (see below).
comparing the keyboard section of my working (== zapping/vt-switching) notebook xorg.conf showed that it's a problem in the keyboard section:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "venus_keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "LeftAlt" "Meta" Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
# Option "XkbKeymap" "xfree86(us)" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection
if I use one of the last two options ("XkbKeymap"/"XkbVariant") then zapping/switching does not work anymore!
bug or known feature ?
using option "XkbKeymap" the Xserver log shows the following messages which I wouldn't consider significant for or related to the zapping/vc-switching problem:
(**) venus_keyboard: XkbKeymap: "xfree86(us)" (**) venus_keyboard: XkbKeymap overrides all other XKB settings (EE) XKB: No components provided for device venus_keyboard (WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
only adding option "XkbVariant" does not issue any server warnings/errors at all.
I think "XkbKeymap" is an invalid keyword. At least I can't find it in 'man kbd'. Seems this config is not written by SaX2. Otherwise you would have had a ServerFlags section. Thus closing as INVALID. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401 User koenig@linux.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401#c3 Harald Koenig <koenig@linux.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | --- Comment #3 from Harald Koenig <koenig@linux.de> 2009-03-20 14:01:25 MST --- Hi Stefan,
I think "XkbKeymap" is an invalid keyword. At least I can't find it in 'man kbd'.
wrong! as I aldreay quoted the server _knows_ about this option and issues an explicit message. it's only legacy, but known and valid: (**) venus_keyboard: XkbKeymap: "xfree86(us)" (**) venus_keyboard: XkbKeymap overrides all other XKB settings harald > strings /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so | grep -i xkbkeymap XkbKeymap %s: XkbKeymap overrides all other XKB settings
Seems this config is not written by SaX2. Otherwise you would have had a ServerFlags section.
correct. but as I mentioned above, "DontZap" in ServerFlags won't help/fix.
Thus closing as INVALID.
reopened: this is an Xserver bug! a) even invalid config files shall not cause such nasty side effects. b) Option "XkbVariant" is perfectly valid (though the parameter was valid but wrong for this specific layout). this shall even less cause such problems with zapping/vc-switching. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P4 - Low Status|REOPENED |NEW AssignedTo|bnc-team-xorg-bugs@forge.pr |xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge. |ovo.novell.com |provo.novell.com Summary|zapping Xserver and |Invalid |switching to text-vc does |XkbLayout/XkbVariant |not work |combination, e.g. | |us/nodeadkeys disables xkb, | |which results in | |unfunctional | |Zapping/VT-Switching Severity|Normal |Minor -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487401#c4 --- Comment #4 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2009-03-31 04:22:44 MDT --- Harald, any chance to report this upstream? I'm afraid we'll never find the time to investigate issues, which are the result of a manually written broken configuration. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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