[opensuse] ctrl-alt f1 ... ctr alt f6 do not work after fresh 13.1 install (KDE)
Subject says it all. OS Linux 3.11.10-21 desktop openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (i586) KDE version: 4.11.5 /dev/Stty0 to /dev/Stty7 duly show up in Kinfocenter I chose "Automatic configuration" during installation (big mistake) but was able to recover pretty well. This issue is a bit of a showstopper though, because I use this feature fairly often. Did anyone have this issue and/or does anyone know where I should start looking? Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 16-08-14 13:55, Jos van Kan wrote:
Subject says it all. OS Linux 3.11.10-21 desktop openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (i586) KDE version: 4.11.5
/dev/Stty0 to /dev/Stty7 duly show up in Kinfocenter
I chose "Automatic configuration" during installation (big mistake) but was able to recover pretty well. This issue is a bit of a showstopper though, because I use this feature fairly often.
Did anyone have this issue and/or does anyone know where I should start looking?
Regards,
It definitely is a KDE issue. In the login screen ctl alt f1 ... ctr alt f7 work as expected. Go figure. -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2014-08-16 13:55 (GMT+0200) Jos van Kan composed:
does anyone know where I should start looking?
Just ideas: 1-if not using en_US, switch KB type to en_US to see if it has any effect 2-if you have a spare keyboard, plug it into another port, and/or try another port with the keyboard you normally use 3-if you haven't already, do updates with Zypper or YaST 4-if you haven't already, reboot 5-create another user, log into it to see if problem exists there too 6-share your /var/log/Xorg.0.log if you need further help -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2014-08-16 13:55 (GMT+0200) Jos van Kan composed:
does anyone know where I should start looking? Just ideas:
1-if not using en_US, switch KB type to en_US to see if it has any effect
2-if you have a spare keyboard, plug it into another port, and/or try another port with the keyboard you normally use
3-if you haven't already, do updates with Zypper or YaST
4-if you haven't already, reboot
5-create another user, log into it to see if problem exists there too
6-share your /var/log/Xorg.0.log if you need further help Thanks Felix. 1 I use an en_US keyboard
On 16-08-14 17:43, Felix Miata wrote: 2. It is not a keyboard issue (see 5) 3 All updates have been installed 4 More than once :) 5 In the login screen and in a KDE session of other users ctr alt f1-7 work OK Moreover in an ICeWm session of my own the keys also worked OK So it definitely is a kde issue confirmed when I temporarily disabled .kde4 Some configuration got warbled for some reason and it just requires a bit of patient spelunking to find out what. I'll let you know as soon as I nailed it. I'm reading the Xorg.0.log file as we speak to see if it has anything helpful. Thanks again. .-- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2014-08-16 18:42 (GMT+0200) Jos van Kan composed:
5 In the login screen and in a KDE session of other users ctr alt f1-7 work OK Moreover in an ICeWm session of my own the keys also worked OK
So it definitely is a kde issue confirmed when I temporarily disabled .kde4 Some configuration got warbled for some reason and it just requires a bit of patient spelunking to find out what. I'll let you know as soon as I nailed it.
I'm reading the Xorg.0.log file as we speak to see if it has anything helpful.
Looking at Xorg.0.log won't tell you anything, as you already know it's about your own personal KDE settings. There could be something in .xsession-errors. ~/.kde4/share/config/ here has three files containing string "keyb". You might try logging out, deleting those three files, and finding the problem gone on next login, with minimal reconfiguration to do. If that doesn't work, log out again and delete the content from /var/tmp/kde-cache-<username>, /tmp/ksocket-<username> and /tmp/kde-<username>. Depending on how complicated your personal settings are and how much work you're willing to do to rebuild almost from scratch as if new KDE user, you might just try deleting everything from ~/.kde4/share/config/. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Depending on how complicated your personal settings are and how much work you're willing to do to rebuild almost from scratch as if new KDE user, you might just try deleting everything from ~/.kde4/share/config/. It turned out to be the file kxkbrc in .kde4/share/config that somehow blocked
On 16-08-14 20:51, Felix Miata wrote: the ctr alt fn sequences. I found this out by starting from a virgin .kde4, ls -R' ed the contents of share/config into a text file, do an rsync of the contents of share/config of the offending .kde4 and ls -R'ed that too into a text file. Then I diff'ed the two files to see what could be removed. Then I did essentially a binary search, removing half of the possible cultprits in each iteration. :) The content of kxkbrc looks harmless enough, but removing it from the config directory restored the functionality of ctr alt fn. Whew. :) Thanks, especially to Felix for his support. -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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