Bug 7841

Summary:	backspace broken without xkb
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Marko Macek <marko.macek>
Component:	XFree86	Assignee:	Preston Brown <pbrown>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	dbaron, marko.macek
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Description Marko Macek 1999-12-16 13:12:07 UTC

Backspace key doesn't work correctly if XKB is not used. Not a problem with
the default configuration, but when /var/tmp is full, XKB doesn't work.

I'm not sure if it is possible the disk-full case, but fixing backspace in
non-XKB configuration is a one-liner. (I will post it here).

See also bug# 7839

Comment 1 Marko Macek 1999-12-22 14:52:59 UTC

here is the patch (for one of the later versions of X).

directory: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common

--- xf86KbdLnx.c.orig   Sat Jan  2 16:12:41 1999
+++ xf86KbdLnx.c        Sat Jan  2 16:13:31 1999
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 static KeySym linux_to_x[256] = {
        NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,
        NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,
-       XK_BackSpace,   XK_Tab,         XK_Linefeed,    NoSymbol,
+       NoSymbol,       XK_Tab,         XK_Linefeed,    NoSymbol,
        NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,
        NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,
        NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
        XK_p,           XK_q,           XK_r,           XK_s,
        XK_t,           XK_u,           XK_v,           XK_w,
        XK_x,           XK_y,           XK_z,           XK_braceleft,
-       XK_bar,         XK_braceright,  XK_asciitilde,  XK_Delete,
+       XK_bar,         XK_braceright,  XK_asciitilde,  XK_BackSpace,
        NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,
        NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,
        NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,       NoSymbol,


Note: I have not tested the patch by recompiling due to disk space
reasons, but binary patching my X server executable produces the desired
effects.

Comment 2 Preston Brown 2000-01-14 16:49:59 UTC

*** Bug 7839 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Preston Brown 2000-02-04 20:55:59 UTC

we fixed this in a slightly different way for 6.2.