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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD+XFree86+syscons
Date: 21 Oct 1995 11:25:01 +0100
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Sebastian Strollo <seb@erix.ericsson.se> wrote:
>I suspect the problem is with the interaction syscons<>XFree86? (Oh
>yes, I have deleted all entries in XF86Config which remaps LeftAlt key
>to Meta et.c. also I don't do any xmodmap stuff myself)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You will have to. The X server downloads the keymap from the console
driver initially, but take this with a grain of salt. It's done in a
SysV-compatible way, several things might get lost on the way.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)