Re: xkb keyboard switching strangness

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:14:07 +0000
Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 06:32:56PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> 
> > [A combination of the Debian defaults and my Xorg options.]  This works
> > fine in the console, but for some reason behaves strangely in X.  I
> > have to hit alt+shift *twice* to switch to il, and once to switch
> > back.  I tried changing the toggle to lwin, with the same results.
> > [I notice using xev that when alt+shift is configured, ISO_Prev_Group
> > keysyms are generated, while when lwin is configured, ISO_Next_Group
> > keysyms are generated.  I have no idea why, or if this is significant.]
> 
> To see the current XKB settings:
> 
> xprop -root | grep _KXB

~$ xprop -root | grep _XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "acer_laptop", "us,il", "dvorak,", "grp:lwin_toggle,ctrl:swapcaps"

What I'd expect.

Celejar
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