Bug#432011: xserver-xorg: X server doesn't honour some xmodmap settings

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>]

On 2007-07-07 01:56:30 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> The bug has always been there on this machine, which was installed
> in October 2006.
> 
> I've just noticed that on the machines where the bug has never been
> present have:
> 
>         Driver          "keyboard"
> 
> but on the machine where the bug is present, I have:
> 
>         Driver          "kbd"
> 
> I can't test "keyboard" on this machine now. But could this make
> a difference? ("kbd" was chosen automatically at install time.)

I confirm that this solves the problem. In fact, I need both

       Driver          "keyboard"

and

       Option          "XkbDisable"    "true"

So, Shift-F1 now produces 'É' as expected, and switching virtual
console with Ctrl-Alt-F1 for instance now also works. But this
workaround prevents my from upgrading xserver-xorg-input-keyboard:

xserver-xorg-input-keyboard (1:1.2.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

  The old "keyboard" driver has been removed and is now superseded by the
  "kbd" driver. The corresponding "InputDevice" section in the xorg.conf
  configuration file should be updated by replacing "keyboard" with "kbd"
  on the "Driver" line.  

 -- Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:25:19 +0200

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