Bug 228645

Summary:	update should warn about changed keycodes
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	quazgar <quazgar>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description quazgar 2008-06-20 23:26:16 UTC

As noted in bug #200060, some of the keycodes (special keys like Windows key, arrows, PgUp/PgDown, some numberpad keys) change when switching from xf86 keyboard to an evdev/hal managed one, which seems to happen for nearly everyone with the latest stable hal release.  There's nothing gentoo can do about it, but it should warn about these changes when emerging the hal ebuild.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Emerge >=sys-apps/hal-0.5.10.
2. Don't edit custom-made xmodmaps.
3. Start X


Actual Results:  
Some modifier keys might not work anymore as expected.

Expected Results:  
A warning/info should be issued when emerging a newer version of hal.

For a list of differences, look at the changes with:

diff -yw /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/xfree86  | less

Comment 1 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-06-20 23:50:42 UTC

Please add your comment to bug 200060 if you feel the need to.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 200060 ***