Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 03:47:22 -0400 From: epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: anholt@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wm dropping keypresses since moving to xorg (strange) -- SOLVED Message-ID: <20040803034722.04a71589@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040802201708.74b83337@localhost> References: <20040802154253.3c58d101@localhost> <20040802201708.74b83337@localhost>
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On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 20:17:08 -0400
epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net> wrote:
>
> thanks to some very kind help from dejan, and after a little stress
> testing on my end, i believe that it is safe to declare this problem
> solved.
>
> ----------
> the fix:
> ----------
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc
>
> <snip>
> // Fake keys for virtual<->real modifiers mapping
> key <LVL3> { [ ISO_Level3_Shift ] };
> key <MDSW> { [ Mode_switch ] };
> modifier_map Mod5 { <LVL3>, <MDSW> };
>
> key <ALT> { [ NoSymbol, Alt_L ] };
> modifier_map Mod1 { <ALT>, <LALT> };
> <snip>
>
> add <RALT> to:
> modifier_map Mod1 { <ALT>, <LALT>, <RALT> };
since the first adjustment, i eventually noted a slight change in the way
the windows key was functioning (dropping certain keypresses). to restore
the expected behaviour, i simply added <LWIN> and <RWIN> to another line in
the same section of file mentioned above:
key <SUPR> { [ NoSymbol, Super_L ] };
// modifier_map Mod4 { <SUPR> };
modifier_map Mod4 { <SUPR>, <LWIN>, <RWIN> };
as there is only 1 windows key on my keyboard, i am not certain whether
both WIN values were strictly necessary, but all seems now to be working.
> save file and restart x.
>
>
> hello anholt,
> copying you in case you want to feed this back up the pipe to xorg.
> dejan also located this old link, which you might find of interest:
>
> http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580
>
>
> cheers,
> epi
>
> --------------
> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 15:42:53 -0400
> epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > hello all,
> >
> > well, i was beginning to think that i was either hallucinating or
> > suffering from some sort of bizarre nerve damage... but i seem to
> > have made some progress in analysing this problem.
> >
> > i have attached a (sorted and commented) file with output from xev.
> > the problem always affects only the right-alt key, despite the various
> > xkbmodels i select (or leave blank).
> >
> > i also came across two other reports of the same behaviour:
> >
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/06/msg01410.html
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261816
> >
> > as you can see, they're from deb. they seem to have isolated the
> > problem to a symbols/pc file within x11, not fluxbox. a patch is
> > provided, but it does not apply cleanly to the version of xorg that i
> > have installed.
> >
> > i would very much appreciate any suggestions.
> >
> >
> > thank you,
> > epi
> >
> > ---------------
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 00:33:30 -0400
> > From: epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net>
> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
> > Subject: wm dropping keypresses since moving to xorg (strange)
> >
> >
> > hello x11, questions,
> >
> > i have some reservations about sending this in, because it sounds a bit
> > weird, but i've jumped through all the usual self-serve hoops and i'm
> > about at my wits end.
> >
> > since switching to xorg, when i alt+tab to a window with my wm of
> > choice(fluxbox-devel), the 1st keypress is always dropped in the new
> > window, regardless of whether that window is a *term, mail client,
> > browser, ...
> >
> > say i alt+tab to an xterm. for 'man' to appear on the command line, i
> > must type 'mman' or 'ccd' for 'cd'.
> >
> > the window only drops that 1st key. if i alt+tab away and come back,
> > it will again drop only the 1st key.
> >
> >
> > here is what i know:
> >
> > 1) it doesn't happen if i use the mouse.
> > 2) this problem was not apparent when i tested for it with icewm or
> > xfce4. 3) fluxbox used to play very nicely with xfree.
> >
> >
> > here is what i've tried:
> >
> > 1) google, fbsd and xorg mailing lists.
> > 2) contacted the fluxbox developers over irc. several are running xorg
> > and fluxbox on linux without the problems i'm seeing. (?!)
> > 3) rebuilt xorg then fluxbox-devel. removed .fluxbox to ensure that
> > the default settings would load.
> > 4) played with xorg.conf (used old xfree.conf, built a new xorg.conf,
> > and changed various settings withing xorg.conf)
> > 5) attempted to pinpoint the issue via xev, but failed miserably.
> >
> >
> > it smells like some sort of 'focus' problem to me. any suggestions
> > would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > hoping that i'm not alone here.
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> > epi
> >
> >
> > p.s. a little additional info for any of you who know a bit about
> > fluxbox settings. the problem seems only to occur with those
> > keybindings(like alt+tab) which are mapped to 'NextWindow' or
> > 'NextWindow 1' but_not_ with 'NextTab'. naturally, the same holds true
> > for the shift+foo combos which translate to 'Previous____'.
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