Bug#273724: kdm: improper handling of XkbOptions in xorg.conf

[Matt R Hall <mhall@mhcomputing.net>]

Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.5.2-1
Followup-For: Bug #273724

I am writing to confirm the existence of this bug and further document the 
behavior described by the other user who reported it two years ago.

setxkbmap -print shows the following output:

xkb_keymap {
	xkb_keycodes  { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"	};
	xkb_types     { include "complete"	};
	xkb_compat    { include "complete"	};
	xkb_symbols   { include "pc(pc104)+us+compose(rwin)"	};
	xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"	};
};

>From this, it is quite clear that compose(rwin) is set, which should mean that 
it is possible to enter the compose key sequences using the right Windows key. 
However, this only works correctly in X sessions started outside of kdm. 
Inside kdm, pressing compose+'+e which should produce "lowercase e acute" 
simply gets ignored. Same is true for other keys.

The fact that I have set this option in /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows does not 
make any difference. The option is also set in kcontrol as described by the 
other user. Neither of these fix the problem.

Here is the settings in xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
        Option          "XkbOptions"    "compose:rwin"
EndSection

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.4.72       Debian configuration management sy
ii  kdebase-bin                 4:3.5.2-1    core binaries for the KDE base mod
ii  kdebase-data                4:3.5.2-1    shared data files for the KDE base
ii  kdelibs4c2a                 4:3.5.2-2+b1 core libraries for all KDE applica
ii  libc6                       2.3.6-7      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                     1:4.1.0-1    GCC support library
ii  libpam-runtime              0.79-3.1     Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                    0.79-3.1     Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libqt3-mt                   3:3.3.6-1    Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libstdc++6                  4.1.0-1      The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.0.0-6    X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                     1:1.0.0-3    X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6                   1:1.0.0-4    X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxtst6                    1:1.0.1-3    X11 Testing -- Resource extension 
ii  xbase-clients               1:7.0.0-4    miscellaneous X clients

Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii  logrotate                     3.7.1-3    Log rotation utility

-- debconf information:
  kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
  kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm