Bug 882529

What's the output of setxkbmap -print? If I run setxkbmap -layout ch, the key is assigned KP_Decimal, which _should_ translate into a point.

[tapbj@localhost ~]$  setxkbmap -layout ch
[tapbj@localhost ~]$  setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
        xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
        xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
        xkb_symbols   { include "pc+ch+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)"    };
        xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc101)"     };
};

what's the output if you enable swiss through your normal means? I doubt you're calling setxkbmap to set the layout on an everyday-basis, right?

just log in normally with the swiss layout, then run setxkbmap -print and xkbcomp -xkb $DISPLAY layout.xkb and attach the file here please.

No, I don't use setxkbmap at all normaly.
 
Plesa, install any Fedora or CentOS and select the Swiss-German layout while installing and you can reproduse the bug.


[tapbj@localhost ~]$  setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
        xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
        xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
        xkb_symbols   { include "pc+ch+inet(evdev)+terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)"    };
        xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc101)"     };
};
[tapbj@localhost ~]$  xkbcomp -xkb $DISPLAY layout.xkb
[tapbj@localhost ~]$

Created attachment 676975 [details]
Output of xkbcomp -xkb $DISPLAY layout.xkb

Output of xkbcomp -xkb $DISPLAY layout.xkb

weird. to get the KPDL key to be a comma, you need KP_Separator, added by the kpdl:comma section. That one is present in the de layout, not in the ch layout.

The last commit I can see in the ch layout that modifies this dates back to 2007 (fix for https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6960)


The layout you attached also uses decimal, not separator:
    key <KPDL> {         [       KP_Delete,      KP_Decimal ] };


what does xev say when you hit the key?

> 
> what does xev say when you hit the key?

I testet it with Fedora 18 today. xev tells:

KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
    root 0xe6, subw 0x0, time 32619216, (833,393), root:(837,418),
    state 0x10, keycode 91 (keysym 0xffae, KP_Decimal), same_screen YES,
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 129
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (2e) "."
    XFilterEvent returns: False

But this is only true in KED. I'm supriced. I discovered, it works as it should in KDE! The decimal-separator of the numberblock is still a comma The Since years I'm used to use the point of the main keyboard block, because I didn't recognize it earlier. Sorry.

BUT, if I open an non X command line, the decimal-separator of the numberblock is still a comma. 

And by the way the often in German used umlauts ä ö ü and the French à è é on the Swiss-German layout does not work in non-X-environment too. I can't write a capital umlaut too... I works all in KDE!

What's the difference between the KDE-layout and the none-KDE keyboard-layout? I'm confused. 

I can't and gonna not test Gnome, LXDE or Xfce.

(In reply to comment #7)
> BUT, if I open an non X command line, the decimal-separator of the
> numberblock is still a comma. 

non-X command line? you mean on the ttys? They are using a completely different keyboard configuration tool (unfortunately), specifically they do not use xkeyboard-config.


so for this bug, are we talking about the layout in X or on the tty?

(In reply to comment #8)
> 
> so for this bug, are we talking about the layout in X or on the tty?

It looks like we talking only about tty.

(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #8)
> > 
> > so for this bug, are we talking about the layout in X or on the tty?
> 
> It looks like we talking only about tty.

Which keymap do you use for Swiss-German layout in text console?
Should be placed in /etc/vconsole.conf

[root@mobile0 ~]#  cat /etc/vconsole.conf
FONT=True
KEYMAP=sg
[root@mobile0 ~]#

Thanks.

'/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwertz/sg.map.gz' keymap is fixed in kbd-1.15.3-7.fc18.

I'll sent the patch to upstream too.

kbd-1.15.3-7.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kbd-1.15.3-7.fc18

Package kbd-1.15.3-7.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kbd-1.15.3-7.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-2930/kbd-1.15.3-7.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

kbd-1.15.3-7.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.