Re: xkb-data with support for Mac keyboards into unstable
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:36:37PM +0200, Mich Lanners wrote:
> The problem was I has XFree 6.9.0 installed, which looks for XKB files
> in /etc/X11/xkb, not /usr/share/X11/xkb. Fixed by upgrading to 7.0 and
> manually removing xlibs from 6.9.0, which provides, contrary to it's
> name, only XKB data files.
>
> Shouldn't this package be removed during upgrade from 6.9 to 7.0?
Yes, it should, but it could not be done before because many packages
did depend on xlibs. Not sure if it will get fixed though, but it
is harmless.
> > Cursor and page up/down block:
> > - F14/F15/F16 are missing on keycodes 183, 184, 93 (in that order)
>
> Keycode 93 gives F16, but F14/F15 on 183/184 are still missing
Does it work if you remove
<FK13> = 182;
<FK14> = 183;
<FK15> = 184;
from /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/macintosh?
> > - the key labelled "Help", between F14 and Delete, left of "Home",
> > sends "Insert" as on PC keyboards. Not sure what to do about that
> > one.
>
> Still the same but no additional info whether this is OK.
No idea.
> > Alpha block:
> > - F13 is missing on keycode 182,
>
> Problem persists.
>
> > - Apple keys (keycodes 115/left and 116/right) map to nothing
> > (NoSymbol), Alt keys map to Alt indeed.
>
> Now: Apple keys map to Super_L, Super_R; left Alt maps to Alt_L, right
> Alt maps to ISO_Level3_Shift.
>
> Not necessarily what I want, but makes some sense.
You can modify these settings by adding an lv3:* option, see
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst for a list.
Denis
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