On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 11:49:39AM +0100, Jens Nachtigall wrote:
> I totally agree with this point. I, for instance, did not even now that
> the 10X in pc10X stands for the number of keys up to now. And how can I
> now, if the debconf description is such a bad help. The description by
> debconf is definetely too short:
>
> QUOTE
> The "pc104" keyboard is like the pc101 model, with additional keys.
> These keys are usually engraved with a "logo" symbol (there is
> typically a pair of these, between each set of control and alt keys),
> and a "menu" key.
> .
> The "pc102" and "pc105" models are versions of the pc101 and pc104
> keyboards, respectively, often found in Europe.
> /QUOTE
>
> If the debconf description was more helpful, this problem had not
> happened, since users would have been aware of the differences between
> the keyboards. Giving an example would probably be a good idea:
> "The pc104 keyboard does, for instance, not have the < and > key"
>
> See also this bug report:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=233699
You may be interested to learn of a change that was made to the xfree86
packages almost a month ago:
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r1088 | branden | 2004-02-20 18:37:07 -0500 (Fri, 20 Feb 2004) | 10 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/debian/NEWS
M /trunk/debian/changelog
M /trunk/debian/po/ca.po
M /trunk/debian/po/cs.po
M /trunk/debian/po/da.po
M /trunk/debian/po/de.po
M /trunk/debian/po/el.po
M /trunk/debian/po/es.po
M /trunk/debian/po/fr.po
M /trunk/debian/po/gl.po
M /trunk/debian/po/it.po
M /trunk/debian/po/ja.po
M /trunk/debian/po/nl.po
M /trunk/debian/po/pl.po
M /trunk/debian/po/pt_BR.po
M /trunk/debian/po/ru.po
M /trunk/debian/po/sv.po
M /trunk/debian/po/templates.pot
M /trunk/debian/xserver-xfree86.templates
Update xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model template
description to include discussion of the distinction between 101/104-key
PC keyboards, and their 102/105-key counterparts, and warn of the
consequences if 102/105-key keyboards are misconfigured as 101/104-key
models.
Re-run debconf-updatepo.
Add news entry with a similar warning.
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Index: NEWS
===================================================================
--- NEWS (revision 1087)
+++ NEWS (revision 1088)
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
to this version of the xutils package. If you do not do so, your changes
to rstartd.real will be lost.
+ * Users of 102- or 105-key PC keyboards (as well as miniature and laptop
+ keyboards compatible with these models) should ensure that their keyboard
+ is configured accordingly in the XF86Config-4 file, using the "pc102" or
+ "pc105" XkbModel instead of "pc101" or "pc104", respectively. If your
+ keyboard has a "< >" key, you likely have a 102- or 105-key model. The
+ "< >" may not work if you do not configure your keyboard model correctly.
+ You can use "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" to change this
+ configuration parameter, or edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 directly.
+
-- Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:46:02 -0500
xfree86 (4.2.1-11) unstable; urgency=medium
Index: xserver-xfree86.templates
===================================================================
--- xserver-xfree86.templates (revision 1087)
+++ xserver-xfree86.templates (revision 1088)
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@
these, between each set of control and alt keys), and a "menu" key.
.
The "pc102" and "pc105" models are versions of the pc101 and pc104 keyboards,
- respectively, often found in Europe.
+ respectively, often found in Europe. If your keyboard has a "< >" key (a
+ single key engraved with both the less-than and greater-than symbols), you
+ likely have a "pc102" or "pc105" model; if you choose "pc101" or "pc104"
+ instead, your "< >" key might not work.
.
The "macintosh" model is for Macintosh keyboards where the kernel and console
tools use the new input layer which uses Linux keycodes; "macintosh_old" is
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