Re: xfree86 4.1.0-0pre1v1 for powerpc at X Strike Force repository
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 05:52:18PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > Ethan Benson wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:45:25PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > - Xkb doesn't work with Macintosh keycodes anymore, used to work with
> > > > 4.0.3
> > >
> > > another reason we should switch to linux keycodes ASAP. AFAICT all
> > > this involves is changing console-data or one of those..
> >
> > I only see one?
>
> console-data, console-tools etc. there are several console- packages i
> don't remember which one does keymap settings under woody. ill check.
All I can say is that in order to change the keymap, one has to
dpkg-reconfigure console-data .
> > > should i file an important bug against it now? as well as the
> > > kernel-image to disable adb codes.
> >
> > You have my support.
>
> ill do that today. any suggestions as to how to make the transition
> without too much pain?
Wouldn't be a bad idea to make a versioned dependency on console-xxx in
kernel-image, would it? Not sure about the other direction.
> > These packages are better than 4.0.3-x in the sense that they set the
> > model to "macintosh" instead of "pc104", too bad Xkb is broken now...
>
> once we switch to linux keycodes that has to be changed back no?
Yes.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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