Re: XFree86 for 4.0 has dead keys?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Feb 14, 2008, at 18:39, Konrad Schroder wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've just upgraded my shark to 4.0_STABLE from 3.1, and the new X  
> server seems to have some dead keys: the right Alt, Insert, Delete,  
> Home, End, PgUp, PgDn, PrintScreen, the / and Enter on the keypad,  
> and all four of the cursor keys (not the keypad cursor keys, which  
> work fine). What is most curious is that according to xev, pressing  
> these keys doesn't even generate an X event.

You don't need the Device and Protocol options with the 'keyboard'  
driver, remove them and all keys should read from /dev/ttyE0 instead  
which works in most cases. At least if you don't use xdm or something  
similar.

> I don't miss most of them, but the missing cursor keys are  
> particularly irritating.  Is there something I can do to make them  
> reappear?  If not, where should I look to start investigating?

I fixed the kbd driver to support /dev/wskbd properly, it's in - 
current, I requested pullup to 4.0 but as far as I know this hasn't  
been processed yet.

have fun
Michael
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