From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 09:51:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEA8116A468 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 09:51:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B13C13C43E for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 09:51:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 27666 invoked from network); 23 May 2007 04:51:56 -0500 Received: from 210-84-60-60.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (210.84.60.60) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 23 May 2007 04:51:55 -0500 Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:51:50 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070523195150.384fc87e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070523023614.71e20d28@localhost> References: <20070523023614.71e20d28@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Alternative keyboard layouts not working with xorg7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:51:56 -0000 On Wed, 23 May 2007 02:36:14 +1000 Norberto Meijome wrote: > Hello everyone, > I've had xorg 6.x configured to allow me to switch from US English keyboard to > US English with international support (for accented characters) as follows: > > in xorg.conf: > [...] > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "KeyboardThinkpadZ60M" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > Option "XkbModel" "inspiron" > Option "XkbLayout" "us,us" > Option "XkbVariant" ",intl" > Option "XKbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle" > EndSection > > [...] > > and in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/X0-config.keyboard (now under /usr/local/.... ) > > Rules = "xorg" > Model = "inspiron" > Layout = "us,us" > Variant = ",intl" > MouseKeysCurve = 0 > > > I use XFCE4.4 as my environment, and both the 'Keyboard Layout Switcher' applet > and the left alt-shift combos would allow me to switch between the 2 modes > flawlessly. > > After the upgrade to xorg 7.2, using the same configuration, I noticed several > problems related to the keyboard behaviour, namely: > > 1) - neither method to change the keyboard layout works. > 2) - Several shortcuts that involve the Alt (left) key work either : alt-tab to > cycle through windows, ctrl-alt-arrows to move through desktops. > 3) - When launching the application 'skippy' (x11-wm/skippy) or skippy-xd > (x11-wm/skippy-xd), i get : > > $ skippy-xd > X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) > Major opcode of failed request: 33 (X_GrabKey) > Serial number of failed request: 75 > Current serial number in output stream: 75 > > This never used to happen before (notice the X_GrabKey error). > I've noticed also that Ctrl-Alt-F1 (through to F6) doesn't change back to a non-X terminal anymore... it seems the alt key is not being processed at all.... > > I tried a clean keyboard config (only 1 layout) and the problem with the normal > XFCE shortcuts (problem #2) is solved... > > I tried creating a separate keyboard using xorgcfg with the 'intl' layout, but > it didnt do what I wanted - problem #2 was still solved, but I couldnt switch > between layouts (which is rather obvious, as they were defined as different > keyboards...) > > If anyone could shed some light on this, it'd be greatly appreciated :) > > Thanks! > Beto > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." > Edmund Burke > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. > Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been > Warned. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." Sam Brown I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.