[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#522957: Bug#522957: xfconf: There are major problem with the way keyboard settings are dealt with.
2009/4/7 Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org>:
> Yes, basically when Xfce ?manages? the keyboard (in fact it just tells X
> which layout to use), xmodmap is a really bad idea (I think xmodmap is
> deprecated anyway. one is supposed to use xkb stuff I think. Or maybe
It's not reported in the xmodmap man page, anyway as long as xmodmap
is shipped with xorg I don't thin this behaviour is acceptable...
>> configuration; I got my media keys back, but application shortcuts were
>> ignored.
>
> I guess modifier keys have changed and this invalidates shortcuts.
> Especially things like Alt/Meta.
I don't think so, I tried shortcuts like Shift+F1 or even "a", no help.
>> ?I deselected "Use system defaults" and rebooted, but still the
>> shortcuts are ignored. Actually, I see that the kyeboard layout is still not
>> being set by xfce: I can choose any layout, I'm stick with the one X loads.
>
> If you select ?use system default? then yes you have to configure the
> layout in X, using the ?kbd? driver.
I *deselected* "use system default", and nothing changed.
> Well, if you select the correct one in the Xfce settings, then it'll
> work.
It doesn't. Changing layout has no effect. Again, "use system
defaults" is deselected.
I tried rebooting.
>> I tried resetting the shortcuts (which I don't have a way to save, anyway,
>> and this is a regression from 4.4), to no avail.
>
> What do you mean by ?save??
In the previous version you had the possibility to save different
shortcut profiles.
> xfconf uses an xml backend anyway, if you need them. Just copy the
> correct files in .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml
good to know.
> You can access xfconf system using xfconf-query or the GUI editor using
> xfce4-settings-editor.
>
> Could you try using a consistent setup (either layout set from Xorg and
> ?use system default? or select a keyboard layout in the list (even
> selecting ?evdev? one). And yes you may have to re-configure the
> keyboard shortcuts, but that's not really Xfce fault, the underlying X
> architecture is problematic.
I don't find the evdev layout in the list.
And it's not a problem of configuring the shortcuts.
The plain don't work.
Cheers,
Luca
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