Bug#470944: xkb-data: Duplicate entries for audio keys in section 'inspiron' of 'inet' symbols file

[Lionel Vaux <lionel.vaux@laposte.net>]

Package: xkb-data
Version: 0.9-4
Severity: normal


Hi, 

The section about 'inspiron' multimedia keys in file
/usr/share/X11/symbols/inet is: 

  partial alphanumeric_keys
  xkb_symbols "inspiron" {
      key <I02>   {       [ XF86AudioStop         ]       };
      key <I04>   {       [ XF86AudioNext         ]       };
      key <I10>   {       [ XF86AudioPrev         ]       };
      key <I19>   {       [ XF86AudioNext         ]       };
      key <I20>   {       [ XF86AudioMute         ]       };
      key <I21>   {       [ XF86Eject             ]       };
      key <I22>   {       [ XF86AudioPlay, XF86AudioPause ] };
      key <I24>   {       [ XF86AudioStop         ]       };
      key <I2E>   {       [ XF86AudioLowerVolume  ]       };
      key <I30>   {       [ XF86AudioRaiseVolume  ]       };
      key <NFER>  {       [ XF86AudioPrev         ]       };
      key <XFER>  {       [ XF86AudioPlay, XF86AudioPause ] };
  };


This introduces duplicate entries for symbols XF86AudioStop, XF86AudioNext,
XF86AudioPrev, XF86AudioPlay and XF86AudioPause. As a result, launching xev and
pressing, e.g., key Play/Pause results in the following output:

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
    root 0x5c, subw 0x0, time 2924632689, (168,179), root:(221,230),
    state 0x0, keycode 162 (keysym 0x1008ff14, XF86AudioPlay), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 129
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
    root 0x5c, subw 0x0, time 2924632852, (168,179), root:(221,230),
    state 0x0, keycode 162 (keysym 0x1008ff14, XF86AudioPlay), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 129
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 

(notice the 'XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 129' line) and X11 clients do
not handle correctly the corresponding symbols (for instance fluxbox misses
those keypresses).

Removing duplicate entries as follows: 

	partial alphanumeric_keys
	xkb_symbols "inspiron" {
	    key <I10>   {       [ XF86AudioPrev         ]       };
	    key <I19>   {       [ XF86AudioNext         ]       };
	    key <I20>   {       [ XF86AudioMute         ]       };
	    key <I21>   {       [ XF86Eject             ]       };
	    key <I22>   {       [ XF86AudioPlay, XF86AudioPause ] };
	    key <I24>   {       [ XF86AudioStop         ]       };
	    key <I2E>   {       [ XF86AudioLowerVolume  ]       };
	    key <I30>   {       [ XF86AudioRaiseVolume  ]       };
	};

solved this problem on my Inspiron 6400. The output of xev becomes

  KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
      root 0x5c, subw 0x0, time 2924325407, (29,-11), root:(82,40),
      state 0x0, keycode 162 (keysym 0x1008ff14, XF86AudioPlay), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
      XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
      XFilterEvent returns: False
  
  KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001,
      root 0x5c, subw 0x0, time 2924325566, (29,-11), root:(82,40),
      state 0x0, keycode 162 (keysym 0x1008ff14, XF86AudioPlay), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 

and fluxbox catches audio keys correctly.


Cheers,
iouri.


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