RE: printscreen key does not work????

["Joost Kraaijeveld" <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl>]

Hi Florian,

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> You probably have a keyboard misconfiguration. The first step to
> diagnose it is running "xev" from a terminal window. It will show you
> the events which are registered by X when you press and release a key.
> I get the following for my "PrtSc" key:
> 
> KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2800001,
>     root 0x7e, subw 0x0, time 1196949250, (168,-13), root:(219,14),
>     state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>     XFilterEvent returns: False
> 
> KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2800001,
>     root 0x7e, subw 0x0, time 1196949427, (168,-13), root:(219,14),
>     state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:


This are my results, which seems to suggest that the key as such is recognised. I can also use the "printscreen" key to configure it with the Gnome applet to define "Keyboard Shortcuts".

KeyPress event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    root 0x64, subw 0x3600002, time 20138966, (57,36), root:(1713,117),
    state 0x10, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
    root 0x64, subw 0x3600002, time 20139090, (57,36), root:(1713,117),
    state 0x10, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff61, Print), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
 
> xmodmap
> cat /etc/X11/{XF86Config-4,xorg.conf} | awk '/Section
> "InputDevice"/,/EndSection/' 
OK.

What I also noticed (and it may be related) is that I cannot assign the eurosign to the "5" key. As soon as I enter that in the Gnome Keyboard applet, Gnome restarts and I cannot login anymore. I have to edit the gconf.xml file an remove the configuration. Changing my keybord from U.S. English to US intl is also impossible. 

TIA

Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
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