Bug 193957 – x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.1 breaks compiz

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Giacomo Perale 2007-09-27 08:18:05 UTC]

Probably it breaks other applications too, but I noticed the problem when I launched compiz and anywhere I clicked I could get just the violet selection rectangle of the screenshot plugin.
After some testing, I found the problem: apparently, when I'm using xkeyboard-config 1.1 the "Super" key ("Windows" key) it's reported as always on; normally the key is ignored but it activates many compiz plugins, therefore all my problems.
Reverting to xkeyboard-config 0.9 restored the normal behaviour. I'm currently using x86, but ~x86 for all the X-related packages: x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r1, x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2, x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.2.2, etc. etc.

Relevant xorg.conf section:
Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier  "Keyboard"
    Driver      "kbd"

    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

    Option "XkbRules"   "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"   "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "it"
EndSection

emerge --info output:
Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-ck1 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.22-ck1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:00:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p17
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r5
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.21
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -msse3 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -msse3 -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--alphabetical"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/"
LANG="it_IT"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common"
LINGUAS="it en"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/dati/wdpata36gb/portage-tmp/"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/xeffects"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X aac acl acpi alsa bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts boost bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups curl dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode evo exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gcj gdbm gif gimp glitz gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv imagemagick isdnlog java jce jpeg kdeenablefinal lcms libnotify mad midi mmx mmxext mng mono mp3 mpeg mudflap musepack musicbrainz mysql ncurses nls nntp nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png pppd python qt3support quicktime readline real reflection samba sdl session sndfile spell spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg svga tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vorbis win32codecs wmf x264 x86 xattr xcomposite xml xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1 intel8x0" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" CAMERAS="ptp2" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="it en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon"
Unset:  CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-09-27 09:27:06 UTC]

<rant>
This version is ultraborked, also breaks beryl and probably any of this funky stuff which is using these modifiers all over the place... plus also Bug 193899. The VT switch/LAlt issue in Bug 157837 is a cosmetic glitch compared to this, this one is plain unusable. 

I'm stuck with 0.8-r1, hoping that noone will punt it and it won't stop working with newer xorg-server versions. Does anyone actually test this kind of stuff upstream? :/
</rant>

[Comment 2 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2007-10-01 10:33:50 UTC]

Does xorg-server-1.4-r2 work?

[Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-10-01 16:35:38 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Does xorg-server-1.4-r2 work?

Didn't try. I don't want this broken xorg-server version, sorry. 

[Comment 4 Giacomo Perale 2007-10-01 18:43:16 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Does xorg-server-1.4-r2 work?
> 

Yes, now everything seems to work here.

[Comment 5 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2007-10-14 10:15:54 UTC]

Should be fixed in 1.3-r2 and 1.4-r2.