Re: [gentoo-user] win key takes me from X to VT

[Jesús J. Guerrero Botella]

2011/4/20 YoYo Siska <yoyo@××××××.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@×××××.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