Michael Han <mikehan_at_mikehan.com> writes:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:25:17AM -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> > I don't think he wants exec, he's trying to generate keystrokes
> > that are handled by the Linux kernel (I believe).
> >
> > Neil, I think you are asking this question on the wrong list.
> > I don't know the right one, but I'm pretty sure this is Linux kernel
> > stuff. Even if fvwm did support generating synthetic keystrokes, I don't
> > think the kernel would see them.
> >
> > CTRL-ALT-F1 works even when the x server isn't active.
>
> Correction, ALT/META-F1 works in the standard linux console. XFree86
> supports the CTRL-ALT-F1 key binding. You'd need to hack XFree86 to
> get additional tty-switching capability, since XFree86 only supports
> turning the existing CTRL-ALT-Fn bindings on and off. Neil might want
> to look at the xfree86 mailing lists.
My PC keyboard doesn't have a META key.
I can switch between consoles with C-A-Fn without XFree86 running.
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Received on Wed Oct 25 2000 - 10:19:52 BST