On 11/16/09, Kimmo Hämäläinen <kimmo.hamalai...@nokia.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 02:03 +0100, ext Qole wrote: >> I am still hoping for some more help with remapping the N900 keyboard >> (see quoted message below). >> >> I have come across a problem I believe is related, and it is much more >> urgent for me to identify and fix the problem. >> >> When I start a nested Xephyr X Server on the N900, the desktop >> environment that I run in that X Server (LXDE, on DISPLAY :1) does not >> seem to have access to the keyboard. No keyboard presses are passed to >> DISPLAY :1 at all. When I press the key combination to get to the >> Dashboard (CTRL-Backspace), I am taken to the Dashboard, which >> suggests that maybe Hildon desktop is not "letting go" of the >> keyboard. > > hildon-desktop does not ever grab the keyboard. It only grabs some > specific key combinations, such as that ctrl+backspace. > >> I have tried using xkbcomp as described below to copy the keyboard >> mapping to display :1, but it doesn't help. > > Does 'xev' report any key events? >
xev won't work on the N900 by default for exactly the same reason qole's LXDE stuff isn't working: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5987 > -Kimmo > Best Regards, Faheem >> >> Any help or suggestions? >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Qole <qole.tab...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Now that the N900 has been released, I will post this question >> on maemo-developers, in the hopes that some Nokia devs can >> help me here. >> >> I would like to know how to remap the keyboard on the N900. >> I've received some help from Marius Gedminas, as you will see >> below, but I'd like to know how to map the keyboard >> permanently, without having to run xkbcomp every time. >> >> Here is the help that I've received so far: >> >> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Marius Gedminas >> <mar...@pov.lt> wrote: >> >> >> >> I've had partial success by doing this: >> >> $ xkbcomp :0 default.xkb >> $ vi default.xkb >> >> comment out the two rules that cause syntax errors: >> >> // interpret AccessX_Enable+AnyOfOrNone(all) { >> // action= LockControls(controls=); >> // }; >> >> // interpret MouseKeys_Accel_Enable+AnyOfOrNone(all) >> { >> // action= LockControls(controls=); >> // }; >> >> Now you can restore the settings back by running >> >> $ xkbcmp default.xkb :0 >> >> if you screw up and end up with a nonfunctional >> keyboard. >> >> Next >> >> $ cp default.xkb mg.xkb >> $ vi mg.xkb >> >> key <RGHT> { >> type= "FOUR_LEVEL", >> symbols[Group1]= [ Right, Right, >> Tab, Tab ] >> }; >> >> $ xkbcomp mg.xkb :0 >> >> and now Fn+Right arrow is a Tab key. >> >> Sadly I don't know enough about xkbcomp to see if it's >> possible to make >> it load incomplete maps on top of the current >> configuration, just to >> update a few symbols without replicating the full >> configuration. >> >> > None of the changes I make >> to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-51 >> > have any effect (yes I reboot after changing the >> file). >> >> >> Maybe the files in /var/cache/xkb contain precompiled >> versions of those? >> >> I'm not adventurous enough to go and start editing >> files in /usr/. >> Although creating a new symbols file in there and >> loading it on top of >> the defaults with setxkbmap ought to maybe work... >> >> Marius Gedminas >> >> (I have already replied with the following: >> >> Replace >> type= "FOUR_LEVEL", >> symbols[Group1]= [ Right, Right, Tab, >> Tab ] >> >> with >> type= "PC_FN_LEVEL2", >> symbols[Group1]= [ Right, Tab ] >> >> >> and you will retain the ability to highlight text with shift- >> right arrow.) >> >> >> -- >> enthusiast, n. "One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated >> by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar fervor >> of mind; an ardent and imaginative person." >> >> >> >> >> -- >> enthusiast, n. "One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what >> engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar fervor of mind; an >> ardent and imaginative person." > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
