Bug#479784: xmodmap in .xsession breaks keyboard layout

[Jakub Wilk <ubanus@users.sf.net>]

* Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>, 2008-05-12, 05:36:
> > Package: xserver-xorg
> > Version: 1:7.3+10
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > After the last upgrade, my keyboard layout got broken. For example,
> > RightAlt+O produces superscript-3 instead of o-with-acute.
> >
> > $ grep -B1 -A5 Keyboard /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
> >         Driver          "kbd"
> >         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
> >         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
> >         Option          "XkbLayout"     "pl"
> > EndSection
> >
> > $ cat .xsession
> > #!/bin/sh
> > /usr/bin/xmodmap "$HOME/etc/x11/xmodmap"
> > exec /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
> >
> > $ cat ~/etc/x11/xmodmap
> > keycode 233 = Next_Virtual_Screen
> > keycode 234 = Prev_Virtual_Screen
> > keycode 222 = Terminate_Server
> > keycode 231 = XF86Refresh
> > keycode 178 = XF86HomePage
> > keycode 229 = XF86Search
> > keycode 236 = XF86Mail
> >
> > remove Lock = Caps_Lock
> > keysym Caps_Lock = Escape
> > keysym Escape = Caps_Lock
> > add Lock = Caps_Lock
>
> Can you try commenting lines out of the xmodmap file and thus finding
> which ones causes the problem?

I have found the following minimal examples:

$ cat ~/etc/x11/xmodmap
remove Lock = Caps_Lock

and

$ cat ~/etc/x11/xmodmap
add Lock = Caps_Lock

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Jakub Wilk