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

[barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)]

tags 274607 + pending
thanks

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'.

I just committed a fix, but would like to check something.
Could you please run
  $ xkbcomp :0
and send me the two server-0.xkb files generated by this command, with
and without loading srvr_ctrl?

It also seems that these key sequences are not defined for Macintosh.
Branden, should this be fixed too?

Denis