Bug#523441: x11-xserver-utils: Using xmodmap stops the left cursor key from working
On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 12:16 +0300, Arto Jantunen wrote:
> I use the internationalized arkku-dvorak layout that can be downloaded from
> http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kkuloves/dvorak.shtml#Downloadable_layouts as an
> xmodmap (the difference is that provides easy access to the umlauts needed for
> typing finnish). After installing the layout with xmodmap on current X, the left
> cursor key stops working. It simply does nothing. Without the xmodmap,
> everything works normally, and in the console everything works. I can't see
> anything in the map that should affect the cursor keys in any way.
It remaps some keycodes. If those keycodes change (as happens when
switching from the kbd to the evdev X driver), you get a messed up
keymap.
Cheers,
Julien
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