Bug#492919: 40custom_load-xmodmap in Xsession(5) example does not work
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 14:19:50 +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 July 2008 09:12:28 Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 23:49:02 +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Is this example obsolete? Is there something else that might mess up the
> > > keyboard configuration? Any clue? Thanks.
> >
> > Yes, that's a bug in the X server. As I understand it, running xmodmap
> > before pressing any key modifies the virtual core keyboard map, which is
> > overwritten on first key press by the settings for the actual keyboard
> > device.
>
> Hmm, is somone working on a fix for this? Is there some other way to
> customize the keyboard under X? I looked into HAL, but that appears to
> operate on a different level.
>
There's a potential fix upstream, but I'm not sure it fixes this exact
issue, and don't feel comfortable backporting it to 1.4.
Cheers,
Julien
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