Bug 15104 – xfree 4.2.99.4 still has keymapping problem

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: VERIFIED FIXED

[Description Todd Sunderlin (RETIRED) 2003-02-04 07:19:55 UTC]

The emerge of xfree-4.2.99.4 went fine on my Ultra5.  When it started, it still 
had the keymap issue. (the 'l' key printing out a 'b', etc).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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[Comment 1 christian gut 2003-02-18 15:44:57 UTC]

same problem here. x86. layout: de-latin1. key where | < and > should be prints nothing.
output from xev:

KeyPress event, serial 23, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
    root 0x8c, subw 0x0, time 46811157, (29,145), root:(669,455),
    state 0x10, keycode 94 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""

KeyRelease event, serial 23, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
    root 0x8c, subw 0x0, time 46811287, (29,145), root:(669,455),
    state 0x10, keycode 94 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""

[Comment 2 Serhij S. Stasyuk 2003-02-19 03:39:29 UTC]

Some other problem here. x86. Tested layouts: ru, ua, but I think any. If I set
XF86Config:
    Option "XkbRules"   "xfree86"
    Option "XkbModel"   "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "ru"
    Option "XkbOptions"    "grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
As was said in bug #13161, I look into log and see the same problem:
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "ru"
(**) XKB: layout: "ru"
(**) Option "XkbOptions" "grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
(**) XKB: options: "grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled

Caps is used as grp toggle button - it acts as normal CapsLock with shift, but layouts does not changed on pressing, scroll led so does not light.

[Comment 3 Serhij S. Stasyuk 2003-02-19 08:06:29 UTC]

If I use standard symbols (such emerge set), I can not switch layouts, but whet I test layouts I do folowing: remove /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/[en,ru,uk] (layouts which I use) with these from /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ and everything has become ok.
Sorry for my carelessness.

[Comment 4 Todd Sunderlin (RETIRED) 2003-05-01 15:57:48 UTC]

This was the fix for sparc:

In Section "ServerLayout"

add

Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "Always"

this version of X is also out of portage, you may want to think about upgrading.

If the problem still exists, please create a new bug report.

[Comment 5 Jason Wever (RETIRED) 2003-08-17 07:33:09 UTC]

Closing