** Changed in: x11proto-core (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120788
Title:
(needs x11 protocol update) XKB cannot map multiple keyboard models
Status in gnome-control-center:
Unknown
Status in xkeyboard-config:
Invalid
Status in x11proto-core package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
The X.org XKB protocol has a limitation in that it can map only one
keyboard model and a max of 4 layouts (bug #56912) in a given X
session. The data type used to communicate keyboard mappings between
the server and client apps simply doesn't provide room for the data
needed for multiple keyboards. So a proper solution requires updating
the X11 protocol to X12 (or at least X11.1), which is something that
must be done upstream (further, there is risk that changing the
protocol could cause widespread breakage in client applications if not
done carefully.)
So, in other words, this is not something that can be trivially fixed,
but it's a known issue and will hopefully be dealt with some day.
[Original Report]
The gnome-keyboard-properties dialog allows me to define only 1 keyboard
model; instead the model ought to be specific to each layout.
I have an English keyboard (Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard with
105 keys) and also a French one (AZERTY with 104 keys). I cannot
properly define the French one because I cannot select an appropriate
keyboard model for it without disrupting the definition of the English
keyboard. I can only define a single model system-wide.
[lspci]
00:00.0 Memory controller [0580]: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller
[10de:005e] (rev a3)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A8N-E Mainboard [1043:815a]
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce
7600 GT] [10de:0391] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
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