Bug 449374 - xmodmap problems with keypad after upgrade to F9
Summary: xmodmap problems with keypad after upgrade to F9
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-server-utils
Version: 9
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kristian Høgsberg
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-06-02 14:17 UTC by J.Jansen
Modified: 2018-04-11 10:15 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-06-09 14:35:49 UTC
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use .xmodmap file (1.45 KB, application/octet-stream)
2008-06-02 14:17 UTC, J.Jansen
no flags Details

Description J.Jansen 2008-06-02 14:17:38 UTC
Description of problem:After upgrade to F9 xmodmap does not change all my keys
anymore. I have problems redefining the keys of the application key-pad. I use
the "modification file" as the one attached. On F8 systems this file used to work.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.3-3.fc9 on x64-86

How reproducible:
Always after upgrade to F9

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Upgrade to F9
2.install xorg-x11-server-utils-7.3-3.fc9
3.create a .xmodmap file (see attached)
4.put xmodmap <xmodmap-file> in login-script
5.restart X11 and login

  
Actual results:
Keypad keys do not work as expected

Expected results:
Keypad keys shoud kiv KP_xx codes

Additional info:

Comment 1 J.Jansen 2008-06-02 14:17:38 UTC
Created attachment 307367 [details]
use .xmodmap file

Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2008-06-06 16:35:20 UTC
I think that xmodmap is more or less deprecated, and you should use xkb means.
However, I am not sure, and if it is true, we should put something somewhere
some information about it.

Comment 3 J.Jansen 2008-06-09 08:49:16 UTC
Seems to be a problem with the keypad and X86-64.
I did a fresh-install on the machine and the problem is still there
 but ... on a similar configured machine with a i686 system it works as expected.
         On the x86-64 machine I can modify all keys except the keypad.

Even with the "default" us-keyboard layout <shift-KP1> should give KP_1, but
even this seems not to happen.

So my guess : the problem is not xmodmap but the key processing elsewhere. I
have no clue where to look or where to report this.



Comment 4 J.Jansen 2008-06-09 14:35:49 UTC
Found this on a Ubuntu-forum

In breezy, if you press CTRL-SHIFT-NUMLOCK you turn the keypad into a
keypress/mouse cursor mode. Try typing ctrl-shift-numlock to turn this
mode off and then see if the keypad works or you now have control of the
numlock LED.

ctrl-shift-numlock dis the trick for me. I have no idea how the machine entered
this state.


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