Bug#486330: xserver-xorg-video-vmware: it remaps keys in the Windows VM
At 05:33 AM 6/15/08, you wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-vmware
> Version: 1:10.16.1-1
> Severity: important
>
> the vm is W98SE, and the host is Linux
Then xserver-xorg-video-vmware is completely irrelevant. It is a package to
be installed in VMware guests as a video driver.
OTOH, there is a keyboard-related error in your log:
(EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0)
(EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
Could you please update xkeyboard-config to the latest version and retest?
--
Alexander E. Patrakov
I reported the problem against xserver-xorg-vmware because the keyboard
usability problem is unique to the VMware Server session, I wasn't aware
that it was a video driver. Thanks. This is what happened when I tried
complying with your request:
terrarium:/home/alizard# aptitude install xkeyboard-config
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
No candidate version found for xkeyboard-config
No candidate version found for xkeyboard-config
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 42 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
-----------------------------------------------
http://packages.debian.org/source/lenny/xkeyboard-config
Source Package: xkeyboard-config (1.3-1)
The following binary packages are built from this source package:
xkb-data
X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configuration data
------------------------------------------------
alizard@terrarium:~$ apt-show-versions
xkb-data/testing uptodate 1.3-1
xkbset/stable uptodate 0.5-5.1
In other words, I have the latest version of xkeyboard-config for lenny
installed, and sid uses the same version.
I rechecked kdm.log and found:
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing
from list!
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc
expected keysym, got XF86MonBrightnessDown: line 149 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86MonBrightnessUp: line 150 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 153 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 154 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 155 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 914 of inet
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Duplicate shape name ""
> Using last definition
===========================================================
the difference between the situation before the update and now is that
kdm.log still shows the following, but the Linux host keyboard works
anyway... but it doesn't work in the VMware Server VMs.
Also note that after more use, I found that the Linux keyboard still has to
be restarted occassionally, but far less often than previously.
reassign 486330 xserver-xorg-core
found 486330 2:1.4.1~git20080517-1
retitle 486330 (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
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