Bug#432613: xkb-data: virtual keys missing from evdev keycodes, breaks modifiers

[Yann Vernier <yannv@kth.se>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:30:08AM +0200, Mohammed Adnène Trojette wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007, Yann Vernier wrote:
> > to codes that never occur. I added similar lines to evdev:
> >         // Fake keycodes for virtual keys
> > 	<MDSW> =   241; 
> > 	<LVL3> =   242; 
> > 	<ALT>  =   243;
> > 	<META> =   244; 
> > 	<SUPR> =   245; 
> > 	<HYPR> =   246; 
> > And now my bindings do work. In linux/input.h keycode 240 is called
> > unknown and the range 241-255 are not defined. 
> 
> Please could you prepare a patch ready to be applied? It would be really
> kind from you. I'll forward it upstream and try to prepare an upload
> this week-end.

Okay, attaching something.

--- /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev.orig      2007-07-24 03:01:21.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev   2007-07-24 03:02:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -269,6 +269,14 @@
        <I243> = 243;   // #define KEY_DOCUMENTS           235
        <I244> = 244;   // #define KEY_BATTERY             236
 
+       // Fake keycodes for virtual keys
+       <MDSW> =   241;
+       <LVL3> =   242;
+       <ALT>  =   243;
+       <META> =   244;
+       <SUPR> =   245;
+       <HYPR> =   246;
+
        indicator 1 = "Caps Lock";
        indicator 2 = "Num Lock";
        indicator 3 = "Scroll Lock";