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Bug#235125: xfree86-common: Decimal point on numeric part of Danish kbd doesn't work in some apps



reassign 235125 xlibs
retitle 235125 xlibs: numeric keypad decimal point doesn't work in some apps with xfree86/pc105/dk
tag 235125 + moreinfo upstream
thanks

On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 04:19:45PM +0100, E Pimp wrote:
> In most X applications like xchat and gaim I cannot use the decimal 
> point on the numeric part at the right of my keyboard. It is as if no 
> input is registered. In Mozilla, the button push results in the 
> insertion of a |
> 
> Disabling Numlock turns the key into a regular Delete button as 
> it is supposed to.
> 
> There is no problem when running gnome-terminal or in a TTY - the 
> decimal point is printed correctly.
> 
> My keyboard worked as normal until a recent upgrade of Debian Unstable.
> 
> I have a Danish keyboard with the following settings in XF86Config-4:
> 
> 	Section "InputDevice"
> 		Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
> 		Driver		"keyboard"
> 		Option		"CoreKeyboard"
> 		Option		"XkbRules"	"xfree86"
> 		Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
> 		Option		"XkbLayout"	"dk"
> 	EndSection
> 
> I have had the same problem with Red Hat Linux 8.0.
> 
> This bug looks like bug #233726 with the exception that I have set pc105 
> in XF86Config-4...

Can you please mail this bug <235125@bugs.debian.org> the output of the
xev command when you press and release this key in the xev window?

Please strip out all the mouse events, and anything that's not a
KeyPress or KeyRelease event, really.

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