Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift
Julien Cristau writes ("Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift"):
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 17:00:08 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > * When xmodmap -pm is run in Xsetup, it prints an empty modifier
> > map. That is, there are no modifiers set.
>
> 14:08 < daniels> jcristau: getting an empty modmap is a symptom of running
> without xkb
Note that the modifier map is only empty early on during
startup/login. It is apparently populated later, so I
think Peter Hutterer's references may be more to the point.
> Does this also happen if xkb-data is installed on the machine running
> the X server?
-anarres:~> dpkg -l '*xkb-data*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=================================-=================================-==================================================================================
pn xkb-data <none> (no description available)
ii xkb-data-legacy 1.0.1-4 Classic XKB data
-anarres:~> dpkg -s xkb-data-legacy
Package: xkb-data-legacy
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 2956
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.1-4
Replaces: xlibs-data (<< 6.8.2-35), xkb-data
Pre-Depends: x11-common (>= 1:1.0.0-1)
Conflicts: xlibs-data (<< 6.8.2-35), xkb-data
Description: Classic XKB data
This package contains the old xkb datasets. Note that this package is more
or less unsupported by upstream, and the new xkb-data package will replace
it.
-anarres:~>
-root@anarres:~> dpkg -i /export/mirror/debian-ftp/pool/main/x/xkeyboard-config/xkb-data_1.3-2_all.deb
dpkg: considering removing xkb-data-legacy in favour of xkb-data ...
dpkg: yes, will remove xkb-data-legacy in favour of xkb-data.
(Reading database ... 226123 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xkb-data (from .../xkb-data_1.3-2_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /export/mirror/debian-ftp/pool/main/x/xkeyboard-config/xkb-data_1.3-2_all.deb (--install):
cannot remove file `/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/vn': Not a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
/export/mirror/debian-ftp/pool/main/x/xkeyboard-config/xkb-data_1.3-2_all.deb
-root@anarres:~> dpkg -i /export/mirror/debian-ftp/pool/main/x/xkb-data-legacy/xkb-data-legacy_1.0.1-4_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package xkb-data-legacy.
dpkg: considering removing xkb-data in favour of xkb-data-legacy ...
xkb-data is not properly installed - ignoring any dependencies on it.
dpkg: yes, will remove xkb-data in favour of xkb-data-legacy.
(Reading database ... 226328 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xkb-data-legacy 1.0.1-4 (using .../xkb-data-legacy_1.0.1-4_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xkb-data-legacy ...
Setting up xkb-data-legacy (1.0.1-4) ...
-root@anarres:~>
!
Ian.
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