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Bug#361733: kxkb: layout tab "defaults" button corrupts keyboard model list



Version: 4:3.5.2-2

Le Lundi 10 Avril 2006 00:14, vous avez écrit :
> Package: kdebase-bin
> Version: 4:3.3.2-1sarge1
> Severity: normal
>
>
> I shall describe how to reproduce the bug on a new user account (for
> which kxkb has never been run). If the user has already made kxkb
> settings, the screen will look different at step (2). But the bug is
> always there.
>
> (1) start Control Centre --> Regional & Accessibility --> Keyboard
> Layout (2) The "keyboard layout" module opens with the "layout" tab
> active. Note that keyboard layouts are not enabled, so most of the tab
> is greyed out.  You can see that the greyed-out defaults are:
>        keyboard model: Generic 104-key PC
>        active layouts: U.S. English (us)
>
> [It is debatable whether those are good defaults.  It might make more
> sense to try and get system-wide defaults from /etc/X11/XF86Config-4,

That does not worth the trouble...

> and only fall back to 104-key (us) if nothing there looks sensible.  For
> example, I have the normal settings for a British keyboard:
> 	Section "InputDevice"
> 	        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
> 		Driver          "keyboard"
> 		Option          "CoreKeyboard"
> 	        Option          "XkbRules"	"xfree86"
> 		Option          "XkbModel"	"pc105"
> 		Option		"XkbLayout"     "gb"
> 	EndSection
> so on my system a better default would be "Generic 105-key (intl) PC"
> and "United Kingdom (gb)".  Wishlist bug?  But let's carry on for now.]
>
> (3) click to "enable keyboard layouts"; the main box becomes active (not
>     greyed-out)
>
> (4) click on the drop-down arrow for choosing the "keyboard model"; on
>     the drop-down menu, click on "Generic 105-key (Intl) PC"
>
> (5) click on "defaults" in the bottom left; the main box is greyed-out
>     again, but the keyboard model now says "pc104".  This is already
>     different from the text we saw in step (2).  This is a bug.

It is not the case anymore with current kxkb.

>
> (6) repeat step (3)
>
> (7) try to repeat step (4)
>
> You will see that the list contains "pc104" at the point where it should
> say "Generic 105-key (Intl) PC".  This is a bug!

It is also now ok.



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