Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:21:55 -0700 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: hartzell@alerce.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a few questions about gnome 2.22 Message-ID: <18418.35667.139070.905560@almost.alerce.com> In-Reply-To: <18417.27134.961101.968789@almost.alerce.com> References: <18413.10549.77484.561888@almost.alerce.com> <1206934499.52404.27.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <18417.27134.961101.968789@almost.alerce.com>
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George Hartzell writes: > Joe Marcus Clarke writes: > > On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 10:21 -0700, George Hartzell wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > On my keyboard the key just to the left of my left pinky is labeled > > > 'caps lock' and functions as a caps lock. I'd rather have it be a > > > control key. I've changed the text console to take care of it. In > > > gnome, I use the System->Preferences->Keyboard dialog box, Layouts > > > tab, Layout Options dialog to change the 'Ctrl key position' from > > > Default to 'Swap Ctrl and CapsLock', which fixes it. BUT, when I exit > > > the X session and restart it the capslock key is a capslock key > > > again. When I get back to that dialog the 'Swap Ctrl and CapsLock' > > > radio button is still selected. If I choose 'Default' and then > > > 'Swap...' I'm back in business until I log out. Then I have to do it > > > again. > > > > This might be a product of the upgrade. Try creating a new user, and > > see if the problem occurs for them. If so, I'd file a GNOME bug (if one > > doesn't already exist). If not, you may have to go into gconf-editor, > > and unset a lot of the keyboard keys to get things working again. > > This happens with a newly created user, with no X or gnome related > stuff in their home directory (except the .xinitrc that starts gnome). > > I don't see anything relevant in the gnome bugzilla, I'll dig more and > file something if necessary. It seems like I'm being bitten by this bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483182 I'll chime in there and follow up if something gets fixed. Thanks! g.
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