Re: Uploaded xfree86 3.3.2.2-1.2 (i386) to master
> > > On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 03:31:57PM +0200, Anders Hammarquist wrote:
> > > Incidentally, there's going to be a problem with xsun-utils. It builds and
> > > ships kbd_mode, but that's already part of the kbd package. So kbd_mode
> > > should probably be left out, and that would leave xsun-utils with only one
> > > thing in it, if I'm not mistaken -- constype. That should probably go in
> > > xbase for the sparc architecture for now, but the ideal place for it is
> > > probably the xserver-common package for sparc (coming in slink).
> >
> > xserver-common sounds like the ideal place for it (xsun-utils seems to be
> > some of what xserver-common intends to be). I guess it's up to Mike to
> > decide what to do with it for now (after all it's mostly his patches, I
> > only built and uploaded them).
>
> Now that I can get into my machines again (long story) I've looked and I'm
> not sure that the kbd_mode from Xsun and the kbd_mode from kbd do the same
> thing. While both programs can set how key presses are interpreted, they
> have different settings. It may be that Xsun's kbd_mode is specific to
> Solaris/SunOS, in which case it (obviously) should be left out. I'm not sure
> that this is the case, though. Either way, it should definitely go in
> xserver-common along with constype (and any other little utilities that pop
> up). Feel free to relocate these programs as you see fit.
I've looked at the X kbd_mode and it's not exactly the same thing as the
linux kbd_mode. The X one manipulates the sun keyboard via /dev/kbd while
the linux one operates differently (and has different modes). However, the
linux emulation of /dev/kbd only supports one of the modes that the X
kbd_mode cat set, so I decided to throw it out, since it really isn't
useful.
I also decided to keep xsun-utils with only constype in it for now.
Regards,
/Anders
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