Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 14:17:54 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Keyboard problems under GNOME 2.12.2 Message-ID: <20051204221754.D5DB45D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:51:19 EST." <1133635879.93056.19.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> > Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:51:19 -0500 > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > > --=-rrsH9XyZUs9ClNIq4KGY > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > FYI, I have two GNOME 2.12.2 machines, and neither of them have had any > keyboard problems since the upgrade. I'm not sure exactly why so many > people have been having problems. For the record, here are the GConf > keys I have set under /desktop/peripherals/keyboard/kbd: > > layouts [us] > model [pc105] > options [] > overrideSettings FALSE > > In my xorg.conf, I have the following keyboard definition: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > EndSection > > I would recommend anyone still experiencing keyboard errors when > starting GNOME to try those settings, and see if that resolves things. > From there, start reapplying any differences until the problem returns. It looks like this is the result of having any keyboard options defined. I swap my left <Ctrl> with <Caps Lock> and this is an option that Desktop->Preferences->Keyboard "Layout Options" "Control Key Position" offers, but, it I select "Swap Control and Caps Lock", I get this error. I've tried a few other "Keyboard Options" and get the error for any of them. This seems to fit with the suggestion that Gnome will leave all of this up to the X system. I created an xorg.conf file with the swapctrl option and now the option is present, but no errors are reported. But trying to change the value of this with the GUI now is simply ignored. I don't see editing xorg.conf as exactly user-friendly, but looks like this is how Gnome is going. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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