Console switching doesn't work on Mac, since the xkb symbol files dont include the server control symbols.
Created attachment 1315 [details] [review] [FIXED_X11R68x] Patch to add include statement for server control symbols The attached patch adds an include statement to pull in the server control symbols for Macs.
See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132186 There was a number of positive replies on the xorg mailing list, confirming that this indeed did fix the problem. Right now the archives are down, so I can't link to them here.
Positive replies: http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/xorg/2004-October/003962.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/xorg/2004-September/003313.html Red Hat bugzilla issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132186
Comment on attachment 1315 [details] [review] [FIXED_X11R68x] Patch to add include statement for server control symbols Approved in the 2004-12-06 release-wranglers conference call. Please do not commit it yourself, I'll do that later today...
Comment on attachment 1315 [details] [review] [FIXED_X11R68x] Patch to add include statement for server control symbols Patch checked-in into X11R6.8.x stable branch: /cvs/xorg/xc/ChangeLog,v <-- ChangeLog new revision: 1.365.2.66; previous revision: 1.365.2.65 cvs commit: Using deprecated info format strings. Convert your scripts to use the new argument format and remove '1's from your info file format strings. /cvs/xorg/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/macintosh/us,v <-- us new revision: 1.2.4.1; previous revision: 1.2 cvs commit: Using deprecated info format strings. Convert your scripts to use the new argument format and remove '1's from your info file format strings. Mailing the commit message to xorg-commit@lists.freedesktop.org...
Patch checked-in into Xorg trunk and X11R6.8.x stable branch... ... marking bug as FIXED (please reopen when there are any issues left).
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