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Bug#274607: xserver-xfree86: problems with XKB settings on a Sun type5/type6 keyboard



On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 09:13:20AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 02:33:28AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xfree86
> > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > As discussed on IRC today:
> > 
> > There seems to be a problem with the XKB map on a Sun Type5 (or Type6,
> > which is hardware-compatible) keyboard. Everything is mapped correctly
> > for 'normal' work, but special key sequences (I currently tested
> > ctrl-alt-bksp (to kill the server) and ctrl-alt-<function key> (to
> > switch to a different virtual console)) don't work by default.
> > 
> > This can be worked around by using 'us+srvr_ctrl' as a keymap instead of
> > plainly 'us'.
> 
> There is no problem with F1-F12 function keys, but for the keypad
> Ctrl+Alt+KP_Divide and Ctrl+Alt+KP_Multiply are assigned to
> F25 and F26 respectively, whereas loading srvr_ctrl redefines
> them to XF86_Ungrab and XF86_ClearGrab.
> Can we assume that those definitions were seldom used and override
> them with standard XFree86 ones?

There is no function key above F12 on my keyboard. This could be just
me, dunno; perhaps I have to use one of the bucky bit keys to reach F25.
But if not, then it's probably indeed better to put them on the standard
XFree86 ones.

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