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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/23/2014 03:45 PM, JD wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Paul
Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pbcartwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">pbcartwright@gmail.com</a>></span>
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06/23/2014 03:20 PM, JD wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Laing, Robin<br>
> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Robin.Laing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca">Robin.Laing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca</a>
<mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Robin.Laing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca">Robin.Laing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca</a>>>
wrote:<br>
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> On 2014-06-22 13:20, JD wrote:<br>
> > Using Mate on FC20, with latest updates.<br>
> > Cntrl-Alt-F keys never worked from the very
first login into<br>
> Mate Desktop.<br>
> ><br>
> > These are the installed mate packages. Am I
missing something?<br>
> ><br>
> > It my be worthwhile to note that at the
login screen,<br>
> Cntrl-Alt-F keys DO<br>
> > WORK!!<br>
> > After login, into mate desktop, they stop
working.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Is there something that is happening to the
keyboard mapping? My<br>
> keyboards require a function key to be set to use
the Function<br>
> keys. Is<br>
> this being reset when Mate starts?<br>
><br>
><br>
> showkey can be used to see if they are working.<br>
><br>
> On my keyboard, if the F lock button is not
pushed, then the keys send<br>
> anything.<br>
><br>
><br>
> xkeycaps as well.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> My KB is the laptop's KB (Dell Latitude E6500)<br>
> There is no F-Lock key that I can see.<br>
> Tried showkey and pressed Cntrl-Alt-F2<br>
><br>
><br>
> # showkey<br>
> kb mode was ?UNKNOWN?<br>
> [ if you are trying this under X, it might not work<br>
> since the X server is also reading /dev/console ]<br>
> press any key (program terminates 10s after last
keypress)...<br>
><br>
> By the above warning, it seems useless to try
showkey under X<br>
> But here goes ....<br>
><br>
> keycode 29 press<br>
> keycode 56 press<br>
> keycode 60 press<br>
> keycode 60 release<br>
> keycode 56 release<br>
> keycode 29 release<br>
><br>
> And still no effect.<br>
><br>
> xkeycaps fails to detect my type of keyboard and
assumes a 101 key PC<br>
> keyboard,<br>
> which is not the case.<br>
><br>
> The GUI does not allow scrolling the KB type list so
I can select the<br>
> right KB.<br>
> I tried to scroll it with the mouse and with the
up/down arrow keys to<br>
> not avail. I tried to drage the scroll bar of each
columns in the KB<br>
> config GUI,<br>
> again to no avail.<br>
> <br>
><br>
maybe modify your keyboard layout??<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/37617/how-to-change-the-keyboard-layout-permanently/"
target="_blank">https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/37617/how-to-change-the-keyboard-layout-permanently/</a><br>
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If you didn't have the graphical way or localectl. You
could edit or<br>
create the file /etc/locale.conf and if you were
en_US.UTF-8 (replace<br>
with the Spanish-Latin America equivalent). You would
place in<br>
/etc/locale.conf<br>
<br>
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"<br>
<br>
Also you would edit or create the file /etc/vconsole.conf
and if you<br>
were in the U.S.A (replace with the Spanish-Latin America
equivalent).<br>
You would place in /etc/vconsole.conf<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier
new,monospace;display:inline">The real question is: Why
did not Anaconda correctly detect my KB type<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier
new,monospace;display:inline">so that programs like
xkeycaps would not have to guess the wrong KB type?<br>
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I like Rick's answer better..<br>
<br>
And still no effect.
<br>
<br>
If you're trying to get to a text console, please make sure the
<br>
getty.target service is running:
<br>
<br>
# systemctl status getty.target
<br>
<br>
If it's not running, then the system won't spawn an agetty for the
<br>
console you're trying to get to. IIRC, getty.target is wanted by the
<br>
multiuser.target, so if you launched X by some means other than via
<br>
a multiuser boot, then that's likely your problem.
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587</pre>
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