After adding some extra keycodes via xmodmap everything worked fine. After a reboot (probably the same with logout/login ofcourse) the keyboard was unresponsive. Removing ~/.gconf/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings/ resulted in a working configuration. ("cured") After adding the same keycodes again with gconf-editor the same "result" was achieved.. keyboard "unresponsive"... actually I do see the cursor blink when pressing a key so I know the scancode arrives... but doesn't know what to "produce" I use the current "x86" gnome (this weekend). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Add a keycode via xmodmap or gconf-editor (apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings) 2.Relogin 3.Watch you being only able to use your mouse :) Actual Results: Unresponsive keyboard Expected Results: Responsive keyboard ;) Not "erase/overwrite" the keycodes... (I assume it did something like that) The keys added were: keycode 174, 176, 160, 236, 178 corresponding respectively: volumeup, volumedown, mute, www, mail (i could have mixed a few but it's not that important)
And what happens if you actually use the gnome provided application to rebind those keys?
we suggest you use the gnome capplet to handle this. no reply, so closing