Bug#680098: x11-xkb-utils: Navigation up-arrow not recognized

[Andrew J Perrin <andrew_perrin@unc.edu>]

Thank you - the problem is now solved. There was an old .Xmodmap file
that was misdirecting the keypress.

On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 21:26 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Tue, Jul  3, 2012 at 10:34:48 -0400, Andrew J Perrin wrote:
> 
> > Package: x11-xkb-utils
> > Version: 7.7~1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > 
This behavior started with the Sun Type 7 USB keyboard I normally use,
> > but I have reproduced it
> > with another keyboard (Adesso USB PC104 keyboard). 
> > 
> > xev reports no keypress using the up-arrow, only:
> > 
> > FocusOut event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001,
> >     mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
> > 
> > FocusIn event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001,
> >     mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
> > 
> > KeymapNotify event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
> >     keys:  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
> > 0   
> >            0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
> > 0   
> > 
> > FocusOut event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001,
> >     mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear
> > 
> > However, for the down-arrow, xev reports:
> > 
> > KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001,
> >     root 0xb8, subw 0x0, time 328954299, (109,-16), root:(1469,784),
> >     state 0x0, keycode 116 (keysym 0xff54, Down), same_screen YES,
> >     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
> >     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
> >     XFilterEvent returns: False
> > 
> > KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001,
> >     root 0xb8, subw 0x0, time 328954371, (109,-16), root:(1469,784),
> >     state 0x0, keycode 116 (keysym 0xff54, Down), same_screen YES,
> >     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
> >     XFilterEvent returns: False
> > 
> That indicates some other client has a grab on that keycode.  You'll
> have to track down which.
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien

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