Keyboard problem after upgrade to modular X server

geoffsid · n00b Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Wales

Hello

Can anyone please point me in the right direction. I have just migrated to the modular X server (because the monolithic X was blocking new packages). All went well with one exception, my keyboard is now scrambled with X (was OK previously). I have studied the "Migrating to Modular X HOWTO", various forums and Google but have not found a solution.
I am running an Ultra 10 with Sun Type 5 keyboard, kernel 2.4.x and this is the pertinent section of my xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
##
#
Driver "kbd"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbKeycodes" "sun(type5)"
Option "XkbModel" "type5"
Option "XkbRules" "sun"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbTypes" "types/complete"
Option "XkbCompat" "compat/complete"
Option "XkbGeometry" "sun(type5unix)"
EndSection

My guess is that the modular X only works with kernel 2.6.x, can anyone confirm this?

Thanks

dberkholz · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:40 am Post subject:

Try dropping all your Xkb* options.

geoffsid · n00b Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Wales

Hello Again

Many thanks to dberkholz for the suggestion, I tried that but still had a scrambled keyboard ( only scrambled differently). However after following clues from the X sever error messages I have found a partial solution. I edited /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/sun_vndr/us as follows:
Changed all references to "sun/us(sunbasic)" into "sun_vndr/us(sunbasic)", changed "type5basic" into "sun5". Now I have a keyboard that mostly is correct but the left hand "Shift" is dead (use the right hand) and "Return" is dead (use Enter)
This is enough to be usable, but if anyone knows how to do the job properly I would be very happy to find out.

Regards

dberkholz · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

Hmm. Try this

XkbRules "sun"
XkbModel "type5"

and none of the other stuff.

You shouldn't mix RMLVO (Rules, Model, Layout, Variant, Options) with any other XKB settings or you'll get weird results.

geoffsid · n00b Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Wales

Yes, that works, but only with my edited version of /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/sun_vndr/us. Seems to me that the problem is to do with the directory name changing from "sun" to "sun_vndr"
I am afraid this is getting too heavy for a naive user like me, think I'll give it a rest for now.

Many Thanks

dberkholz · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject:

It might be fixed in a newer xkeyboard-config, but I've run into other issues with 1.0. A new 1.1 release should be coming out in the next couple of weeks, according to http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/ReleaseSchedule.