Christopher J. Bottaro" wrote: > Does it matter that I have a standard keyboard plugged into the laptop? In > that case, the '-' and '+' to be used are the ones next to the backspace > key, right? > wwp wrote: > Should be yes.. if the XkbModel/XkbLayout correspond to your external > keyboard (see relevant InputDevice section in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf). > > BTW, I just noticed that you were dealing w/ CTRL+SHIFT, and me w/ CTRL+ALT, > I wonder why those are different. Are you sure? In my experience, and according to the documentation I've seen, it needs to be the + and - right at the right edge of the keyboard. With Ctrl-Alt, yes. See, for example, http://wiki.x.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail address: james | When did you last back up your system? @westexe.demon.co.uk |