Bug#483946: xserver-xorg recommends non-working sun keyboard type
* Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> [080601 18:01]:
> > I think the following has also to be changes (in the following template):
> >
> > | With the "sun" rule set:
> > | - type4: Sun Type4 keyboards;
> > | - type5: Sun Type5 keyboards.
> >
> > I think type4 and type5 are still correct, but the 'With the "sun" rule
> > set:' line should be removed now.
> >
> /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg seems to list sun4/sun5/sun6 instead. But
> if you've tested that choosing type4 or type5 works, then we'll keep
> that.
Actually, after reading the files I think only sun4/sun5/sun6 will actually work
for the localized variants.
The problem is that sun4 and sun5 currently cause an error message because of
#469335. (But strangely type5 and sun5 seem to only differ in the error
message, not in the resulting keymap).
Confused,
Bernhard R. Link
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