Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 120017
xmodmap keymappings flaky, don't show up in xev
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:39 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040312 Description of problem: I have always used a ~/.Xmodmap file to map the windoze keys and/or the right ALT key to F13-F16, so that sawfish can use them for keybindings. For example, "keycode 113 = F13". Post upgrade, I'm getting the notice that .Xmodmap is being ignored, so i run it by hand. No errors, but now the key(s) don't register in xev at all, nor do they raise/lower windows (my usual binding). If I then go into the sawfish kebindings configurator I can sometimes reselect the same bindings and then magically the keys start to work (but still don't show up in xev). This problem exists on both a laptop and a desktop. About the helpful .Xmodmap warning upon starting I'm confused; it says I can use the "keyboard" configurator instead but despite the varied list options none do what I want. Why stop using the .Xmodmap file? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.0.6.6-0.0.2004_03_11.9, 0.0.6.6-0.0.2004_03_30.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. map right ALT to F13 in ~/.Xmodmap 2. bind F13 to "raise window" in sawfish 3. startx 4. xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap 5. xev or try to raise a window 6. re-bind F13 to "raise window" in sawfish 7. now try to raise window Actual Results: right ALT key doesn't raise windows until after final step. xev never shows the right ALT key as F13 Expected Results: right ALT key should be F13 immediately after xmodmap call. xev should show the right ALT key as F13 after xmodmap Additional info:
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