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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