Bug#400887: kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a: Up arrow confused with PrintScrn on evdev keyboards
Package: kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a
Version: 3.5.5a.dfsg.1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Note: This problem is identical to KDE bug #125559
A hardcoded hack in kdecore causes the "up arrrow" on keyboards
accessed through the "evdev" driver (needed for e.g. multiseat
systems) to be confused with the "PrintScreen" key and as a result launches
KSnapwhot.
This makes KDE almost useless on multiseat systems (while e.g. Gnome works
fine).
Bug #125559 contains a patch by Benjamin K. Stuhl for this problem. I
have validated his patch on my Debian unstable system by building a new
kdelibs4c2a_3.5.5a.dfsg.1-5_i386.deb from the current source-deb with
the patch. It fixed my problem perfectly.
Unless this fix is expected to propagate to sid automatically, I
suggest that you actively include it.
A related note for Debian KDE users interested in multiseat systems:
After changing the keyboard driver to "evdev" in xorg.conf (Driver "evdev"),
dont forget to also change the keyboard model in the locale settings of the
KDE Kontrolcenter to "Evdev-managed keyboard" too. Otherwise the arrow
keys and the key cluster with "Insert", "Home", "Page up" etc. are
useless. It took me some time to identify the cause.
Claus Hindsgaul
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-486
Locale: LANG=da_DK, LC_CTYPE=da_DK (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to da_DK)
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