On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 10:37 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 09/07/2010 01:46 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > > I want to be able to use ctrl-alt-+ or ctrl-alt-- to cycle between X > > modes (resolutions etc). This should allow me to fix the display from > > the keyboard of the afflicted machine by blindly typing ctrl-alt-+ twice > > (with this display there are only two modelines synthesized by X). > > > > ctrl-alt-+ does not work for me on F13. I don't know when it > > disappeared. Perhaps when ctrl-alt-backspace was retired. > > I believe that the ability to change video resolution from the X server > went away when graphic mode setting was moved into the kernel. Yes, I > miss that too (running F-12). > > -- > Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. > Do NOT delete it. > Many of these key sequences do work if you know how to se set them. For example ctrl-alt-backspace works as follows: 1. Open the Keyboard Preferences dialog either by choosing System > Preferences > Keyboard from the Fedora Main Menu or by running the following command from a terminal: gnome-keyboard-properties 2. In the Keyboard Preferences dialog, choose the Layouts tab (labeled 1 in the screenshot below) and press the Layout Options button (labeled 2 in the screenshot below) to bring up the Keyboard Layout Options dialog. Screenshot-Keyboard Preferences Keyboard Preferences dialog 3. In the Keyboard Layout Options dialog, unfold the tree item “Key sequence to kill the X server” (labeled 3 in the screenshot below), and mark the checkbox “Control + Alt + Backspace” (labeled 4 in the screenshot below) Screenshot-Keyboard Layout Options Keyboard Layout Options dialog -- ======================================================================= What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't but one thing wrong with every one of us -- and that's "selfishness." -- The Best of Will Rogers ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
