problems with keymap in Xorg
Hello,
I noticed two problems in Xorg:
1. mistake in setxkbmap (or xkb-data ?)
Recently the the following command to set US and CZ keyboard
stopped working:
setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc104 -layout "us,cz_qwerty" -variant
",bksl" -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
The problem is in the -variant, the -print option gives:
xkb_keymap {
xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compat { include "complete+ledscroll(group_lock)" };
xkb_symbols { include
"pc(pc105)+us+cz(qwerty)(bksl):2+group(alt_shift_toggle)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc104)" };
};
whereas the corresponding lines in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst
from xkb-data package are:
bksl cz: With <\|> key
qwerty cz: qwerty
qwerty_bksl cz: qwerty, extended Backslash
Therefore, the right output of setxkbmap should to be
xkb_symbols { include
"pc(pc105)+us+cz(qwerty_bksl):2+group(alt_shift_toggle)" };
I can't judge whether this is a problem of xbase-clients (using version
7.1.ds1-2) or xkb-data (0.9-4). Although there is an workaround
(setxkbmap .... | sed ... | xkbcomp - $DISPLAY), it should be fixed....
2. another option to set dual US and CZ keyboard is to introduce it
directly in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Option "XkbKeycodes" "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)"
Option "XkbTypes" "complete"
Option "XkbCompat" "complete+ledscroll(group_lock)"
Option "XkbSymbols"
"pc(pc104)+us+cz(qwerty_bksl):2+group(alt_shift_toggle)"
Option "XkbGeometry" "pc(pc104)"
but then I realized that it only works once. It means that if one logins
(e.g. in xdm) for the first time, it works well, but after logging
out/in the keyboard cannot be switch to CZ anymore. I have to restart
Xorg (xserver-xorg version 7.1.0-10) to restore the functionality. Can
you tell me where the problem could be ?
Thanks a lot for any hint,
best regards
Tomas
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