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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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