Bug 589776

Summary:	x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.18 breaks ralt as X Compose key for non-US keyboard layouts
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Nikolaj Šujskij <skrattaren>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo X packagers <x11>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97057
See Also:	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97057
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Description Nikolaj Šujskij 2016-07-26 20:59:37 UTC

After upgrading something on my ~amd64 system my right Alt key isn't recognized as ComposeKey anymore.

My "XkbOptions" are:

  "grp:caps_toggle,grp:switch,grp_led:caps,compose:ralt"

1. It still works in US-layout, but not in Russian or German one.
2. It still works if I press right Alt when layout is US, switch to Russian and press custom combination of Cyrillic characters.
3. `rctrl` as a Compose key seems to work fine too.

Sorry for being so vague about what which update lead to the issue, but I can't really pinpoint the root cause myself.  I think it was fine on ~amd64 system fully updated on Jun 29, and I've noticed the problem after updating on Jul 11th (I think).  But I won't bet on it myself :-|

Comment 1 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev

2016-07-26 21:25:36 UTC

Using which input driver?

Maybe this is related to an xkeyboard-config upgrade.
"qlop -lu xkeyboard-config" might tell whether you upgraded that package at the time the problem appeared.

Comment 2 Nikolaj Šujskij 2016-07-26 21:29:38 UTC

(In reply to Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn from comment #1)
> Using which input driver?
x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.3

> Maybe this is related to an xkeyboard-config upgrade.
> "qlop -lu xkeyboard-config" might tell whether you upgraded that package at
> the time the problem appeared.
Yes!  Thanks a lot!
I've downgraded to x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.17 and the issue went away!

Comment 3 Nikolaj Šujskij 2016-07-26 21:41:21 UTC

I'm no expert, but probably that's the change that had broken ralt for me: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/commit/?id=85845be3a51f1ae790902b2b4c837d11382f50d8

I use only "ru(win)" and tested "de" only today.

Comment 4 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev

2016-07-26 21:43:27 UTC

It would be good if you report this problem upstream at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ so it can be addressed there, then add the upstream bug URL to this report.

Comment 5 Nikolaj Šujskij 2016-07-26 22:31:16 UTC

I've registered on Xorg bugzilla only to find out that the bug has already been reported: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97057

Comment 6 Harri Nieminen (Moiman) 2017-01-30 16:32:21 UTC

This is fixed upstream:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/commit/?id=bf0263d2f8e7e0ff0135c47f9b7213931345fa94

Fix is part of x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.19.