Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): 14:08 daniels jcristau: getting an empty modmap is a symptom of running

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 07:49:33PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: see the below report about issues running xmodmap on xserver startup. Do you know if this is fixed in 1.5 or master, or if the same thing still exists there? This sounds like the evdev xkb issue. If so, it's not fixed in 1.5 or

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 17:00:08 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: * When xmodmap -pm is run in Xsetup, it prints an empty modifier map. That is, there are no modifiers set. 14:08 daniels jcristau: getting an empty modmap is a symptom of running without xkb Does this also

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 19:06:52 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ dpkg -i /export/mirror/debian-ftp/pool/main/x/xkeyboard-config/xkb-data_1.3-2_all.deb dpkg: considering removing xkb-data-legacy in favour of xkb-data ... dpkg: yes, will remove xkb-data-legacy in favour of

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 17:00:08 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: * When xmodmap -pm is run in Xsetup, it prints an empty modifier map. That is, there are no modifiers set. 14:08 daniels

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 19:43:09 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, brokenShift): Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Hrm. Why is dpkg unpacking

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Hrm. Why is dpkg unpacking xkb-data before removing -legacy? Looks like some Conflicts/Replaces are missing there. Because that's what an in-place replacement looks like. That's precisely

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Hrm. Why is dpkg unpacking xkb-data before removing -legacy? Looks like some Conflicts

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.4.2-3 I'm suffering a problem with xmodmap. Since at least July 1997 I have swapped control and capslock on my displays, and made certain other changes to the keymap, by using xmodmap in the xdm Xsetup script. This no longer works properly. (I do it like