How to pass through keystrokes to the X server?

[Olivier Fourdan]

Hi

On Nov 19, 2007 8:42 PM, Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:
> How do I tell XFCE to pass through certain keystrokes to the
> X-server (e.g. ctrl-alt-Fn, ctrl-alt-+, ctrl-alt--).  I've
> tried fiddling with the shortcut settings, but it doesn't seem
> to make any difference.
>
> It's sort of tiring to have to log in as root and do a "chvt"
> command when I want to switch to a different vc.

Those shortcuts are caught and handled by the X server directly, Xfce
has nothing to do with this.

man xorg.conf

       Option "DontVTSwitch"  "boolean"
              This disallows the use of the  Ctrl+Alt+Fn  sequence  (where  Fn
              refers  to one of the numbered function keys).  That sequence is
              normally used to switch to another "virtual terminal" on operat-
              ing  systems  that  have  this  feature.   When  this  option is
              enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and is  passed
              to clients.  Default: off.

Cheers,
Olivier.