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- From: miranda@topaz (Johann Miranda)
- Subject: Re: XWindows and virtual consoles
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.044626.1937@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 04:46:26 GMT
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- In article <Lu8qwB1w165w@dat1hb.north.de> lion@dat1hb.north.de (Daniel Tietze) writes:
- >Hi, Linux community!
- >First of all, I wish all of you - and especially Linus and the other guys
- >putting together the code - a very happy new year.
- >Now for my question: My Linux system runs quite well, I am not
- >experiencing too many errors :-) It's only X that is a constant source
- >of wonder.
- >1) After starting X, I cannot switch to the other virtual consoles any more.
- >ALT-F1 through ALT-F4 simply dump strange characters in the shell window.
- >Coming to think of it, I have only tried this with the focus on the shell
- >window, not with focus on the desktop. Could this be the problem? My SCO
- >system at work switches to and fro quit well, even from and to X (or, rather,
- >Motif) sessions. Any suggestions?
-
- Virtual console support is something I believe not yet implemented on linux..
- Although, I hear it may be forthcoming with 1.0 :).
- >I have installed a new keyboard map for german charcters. Could this be
- >buggy? If so, does anyone know of a fix?
- >
- Ich sprechen nicht deustch, verz.
- >1.a) Is MOTIF free? Is there any chance for a Motif port to Linux? If
- >I'm not mistaken, Motif is a product of the FSF, the first F meaning "free".
- >
- That should be OSF, free it is not. Maybe something similar, don't
- know.
- >2) After exiting (exciting? :-) ) X, I consistently get an error message
- >telling me about some broken pipe or something (my memory isn't what it
- >used to be). Since everything works OK, I haven't paid this one very much
- >attention.
- >
- Ignore it. "My" sun does the same thing to some people. It does not
- hurt a thing (but it is annoying).
- >3) Can anyone tell me how to change the behaviour of X so that focussing
- >a window is performed by clicking on it and focus stays on a window until
- >I click on another window? It's quite annoying that I have to keep the
- >mouse pointer on the shell window while I'm using it.
- >
- Gee, I know this is possible, but since I am happy with the focus mouse
- in, I haven't bothered to find out. Something in .Xdefaults, perhaps?
- >
- >4 [deleted, don't know the answer to that one]
- >I searched the FAQ list for appropriate answers to these questions but I
- >didn't find anything.
- >
- >Thanks a lot for any info,
- > Daniel
- >
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- >| Daniel Tietze, 2800 Bremen 1, Tel.(voice) : 0421/448806 |
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- You're welcome :). Adios. -JEM-
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