Re: Up arrow runs gnome-screenshot etch
On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 13:32:32 -0400, Jack Dodds wrote:
> I am running etch with gnome on an Intel machine.
>
> I have two seats set up, using GDM. The primary seat has a 104 key
> keyboard and is connected via a PS-2 keyboard connector. The second
> seat has a 104 key keyboard connected via USB.
>
> On both keyboards, if I hit the UP key in the editing section of the
> keyboard, the program gnome-screenshot runs. The LEFT, RIGHT, and DOWN
> keys do nothing. This happens for all users, and both seats.
>
> This is especially since I am used to using the UP key and often hit it
> multiple times or hold it down, out of habit. This launches many
> instances of gnome-screenshot, which has on at least one occasions
> actually hung the computer in a state where it kept launching
> gnome-screenshot instances, about one a second, and could not be stopped.
>
> If I check Desktop-Preferences-Keyboard Shortcuts, there is no mention
> of gnome-screenshot.
>
> I have also searched all the /etc directories that have anything to do
> with X or Gnome for files containing the string gnome-screenshot and
> have found nothing.
>
> This behaviour seems to have started when I upgraded sarge to etch.
>
> Can anybody suggest how I can get back the the key functions that were
> present in Etch - and especially how to move gnome-screenshot to the
> Print key, where it should be!
>
> I've appended the InputDevice sections from XF86Config-4.
When you upgraded to Etch you made the transition from XFree86 to Xorg.
The relevant configuration file is now /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If you are
still on XFree86 then your upgrade is incomplete.
> Jack Dodds
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "First Keyboard"
> Driver "keyboard"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
> # Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Second Keyboard"
> Driver "keyboard"
> Option "Protocol" "usbev"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
> # Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
AFAIK, it should be
Driver "kbd"
and
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
now; check your xorg.conf file for this.
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