x.org conf - enabling virtual terminals

[Net Llama!]

On 01/03/2006 08:43 PM, Collins Richey wrote:
> 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.

And I don't use Gentoo at all.  There are loads of real issues with the 
coexistence of nvidia+framebuffer.  None of them have anything to do 
with Alma's problem.


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