x.org conf - enabling virtual terminals

[Collins Richey]

On 1/3/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> On 01/03/2006 07:33 PM, Collins Richey wrote:
> > On 1/3/06, Alma J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> wrote:
> >> A few months back, I "upgraded" to x.org from xfree.  I was able to get
> >> the system working, for the most part, by using bits from the
> >> XF86Config-4 file.  I lost the ability to do my ctl-alt-f[1-6] to a VT.
> >>
> >
> >> Section "Device"
> >> ....
> >>         Driver      "nvidia"
> >> ....
> >
> > All the hits I find via Google point to a problem with nvidia drivers,
> > framebuffer, pam, etc. rather than with xorg.
> >
> > Do you have the latest nvidia drivers for your card?
> >
> > Perhaps Lonni has some info.
>
> Not really, other than this isn't an X configuration issue.  I've never
> seen an xorg.conf that had anything related to virtual console switching.

I have to agree.

>
> I think the problem is the X server, and how it was compiled.

Could well be. Have you pursued this on gentoo-user? Is your gentoo
system up to date?

> At any
> rate, if this was an nvidia driver issue, it should go away if you
> temporarily switch to the 'nv' or 'vesa' X driver.
>

Definitely, but that may conflict with your desire for framebuffer
support. This could even be a kernel problem. There are literally
reams of problem reports involving nvidia - framebuffer - 2.6 kernels.
Since I have none of the above, and I deinstalled my last gentoo
partition a few months back, I can only coach from the sidelines.



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Collins Richey
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