Ctrl+Alt+F[1-7] doesn't work anymore

[infokiller]

When I set the misc:extend option in setxkbmap Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't take me to a virtual console anymore. Do you know what could cause that?

Thanks!

[DreymaR]

Yes, I do. I need to make people aware of this in my documentation. The
'XF86_Switch_VT_#' keys that you're used to are implemented in XKB in the
symbols "pc(function)" section (it's in your xkb/symbols directory). You're
likely used to inheriting this via the standard 'pc' settings. My Extend
file specifies new level5–8 mappings for the <FK##> (Function) keys, which
unfortunately for you overwrites this behavior. I think you have to choose
between the server F# keys and my multimedia ones.

Could you try this please, and let me know if it works for you?
In the symbols/extend file under the 'lvl5' section, towards the end of the
section, add a line that includes pc(function), like this (I show some
existing lines to let you know where I mean, only the last line before the
brace is added):
// include "level5(caps_switch)"
include "pc(function)"
};

If that does the trick, it should be the easiest way to get what you want.
If not, you'll have to delete or comment out the <FK##> lines from the
extend file to get the rest of it without the F# key definitions.

If this works for you, I'll work it into my documentation.

Best of luck,
Øystein "DreymaR"

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 10:56 AM, infokiller notifications@github.com
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When I set the misc:extend option in setxkbmap Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't take
me to a virtual console anymore Do you know what could cause that?

Thanks!

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[infokiller]

Thanks!
Adding the line didn't help, but when I disabled the function keys it indeed worked.

[DreymaR]

Grrr, I was hoping that re-including the pc(function) definitions after
mine might overwrite the extend ones but no such luck then. Ah well, thanks
for testing it!
On Jan 1, 2016 7:04 PM, "infokiller" notifications@github.com wrote:

Thanks!
Adding the line didn't help, but when I disabled the function keys it
indeed worked.

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[DreymaR]

Hey – could you try this then? Replace the line in the extend file

with this bit (leaving the 'actions' bit below as it was):

key <FK01> { symbols[Group1]=[ NoSymbol , NoSymbol , NoSymbol ,

NoSymbol ,
XF86AudioPlay , XF86AudioPause , //
Play/Pause
XF86_Switch_VT_1 , XF86_Switch_VT_1 ], //
Virtual Terminal
// key { symbols[Group1]=[ NoSymbol,NoSymbol,NoSymbol,NoSymbol,

XF86AudioPlay , XF86AudioPause ],

What I'm trying to achieve here is making Caps+AltGr(or LCtrl+RAlt if
that's set up as AltGr)+ to act as the virtual terminal 1 switch.
There might still be a problem with the Level5 CapsState, but please try it.

best,
Øystein

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Øystein Bech Gadmar obgadmar@gmail.com
wrote:

Grrr, I was hoping that re-including the pc(function) definitions after
mine might overwrite the extend ones but no such luck then. Ah well, thanks
for testing it!
On Jan 1, 2016 7:04 PM, "infokiller" notifications@github.com wrote:

Thanks!
Adding the line didn't help, but when I disabled the function keys it
indeed worked.

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[infokiller]

Didn't work, but there's more than a decent chance that I'm doing something wrong- I don't know much about the xkb syntax and it's quite reasonable I made a subtle mistake. BTW, in both cases after doing the change and installing the files setxkbmap gives an uninformative error: Error loading new keyboard description.

[DreymaR]

Yup, in that case you likely messed up. Easily done! Even in verbose mode,
I don't think you'll get much more info. Guess I'll have to look into it.
On Jan 2, 2016 1:53 PM, "infokiller" notifications@github.com wrote:

Didn't work, but there's more than a decent chance that I'm doing
something wrong- I don't know much about the xkb syntax and it's quite
reasonable I made a subtle mistake. BTW, in both cases after doing the
change and installing the files setxkbmap gives an uninformative error: Error
loading new keyboard description.

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[tecosaur]

So what's the suggestion here? I'd quite like to leave Ctrl+Alt+F1-7 and Alt+SysRq as is, but I'm not sure what I should do…

[DreymaR]

To leave the Ctrl+Alt+F# console functions alone, for now you'll have to forgo those keys' Extend functionality. Find the symbols/extend file and comment out those keys. In a future commit, I may put those in a separate section so you could disable them all using one line.

The SysRq key shouldn't be influenced by my files afaik. If I did include an Extend mapping for it, comment that out likewise.