Keyboard issues when building randr++ server etc.

[Colin Guthrie]

Can anyone help/think of anything to try? It's driving me crazy!!! :p

Cheers

Col


Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Hopefully someone here can help be work out a few problems I'm having.
> 
> I decided to try the randr++ stuff and build the necessary extra stuff
> from git into the prefix /opt/randr++/ in order to keep a stable system
> installed and such that I can switch back to it.
> 
> Now, once I installed everything I created the following synlinks:
>  /opt/randr++/lib64/dri -> /usr/lib64/dri
>  /opt/randr++/share/X11/xkb -> /usr/share/X11/xkb
> 
> The former was needed to allow the DRI driver to load, and the latter
> was an attempt to get a good keymap (not overly successful!).
> 
> I edited my xorg.conf to have a ModulePath that included the
> /opt/randr++ path before the /usr path which seems successful.
> 
> BUT, when I start the server (via gdm.conf setting), I can no longer use
> CTRL+ALT to vt switch, and also the 3 SHIFT+3 no longer produces a pound
> sign (I've a UK keyboard), but instead just a 3 (same as without SHIFT).
> 
> When I xev, I notice the following for when I press ALT:
> 
> FocusOut event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
>     mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
> 
> FocusIn event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
>     mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
> 
> KeymapNotify event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
>     keys:  2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
>            0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
> 
> PropertyNotify event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
>     atom 0xd5 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 9745665, state PropertyNewValue
> 
> 
> 
> I've attached my Xorg.0.log and my xorg.conf if that helps.
> 
> Hopefully someone can help :)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Col
> 
> 
> 
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