Bug 460750 - fr_CH XLayout doesn't work
Summary: fr_CH XLayout doesn't work
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: control-center
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Control Center Maintainer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-08-30 21:50 UTC by Patrick Guenther
Modified: 2009-07-14 14:04 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-07-14 14:04:11 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
xorg.conf (618 bytes, text/plain)
2008-10-25 08:39 UTC, Patrick Guenther
no flags Details
setxkbmap -print > xkbmap.txt (246 bytes, text/plain)
2008-10-25 08:42 UTC, Patrick Guenther
no flags Details
xkbcomp :0 - > xkbcomp.txt (36.75 KB, text/plain)
2008-10-25 08:45 UTC, Patrick Guenther
no flags Details

Description Patrick Guenther 2008-08-30 21:50:31 UTC
Description of problem:

Alt Gr keys as well as as other keys don't work  on X when xorg.conf uses a XLayout fr_CH, which forbids access to symbols like @ or #.

This doesn't occur in console mode (init 3)

I tried following thing:

Creation of a keyboard map with xkeycaps (102 Key;XFree;Swiss French), loaded with xmodmap.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xkeycaps-2.46-7.fc9.3

How reproducible:

Install Fedora 9 on VMWare 6 using a Swiss-French Keyboard. Language doesn't matter.


Additional info:

Hardware: Dell Precision M6300
Software: vmware 6
Lokks like https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=163718

Comment 1 Peter Hutterer 2008-10-23 03:43:37 UTC
Please attach your xorg.conf and your Xorg.log, and the output of "setxkbmap -print" and "xkbcomp :0 -".

Comment 2 Patrick Guenther 2008-10-25 08:39:07 UTC
Created attachment 321494 [details]
xorg.conf

Comment 3 Patrick Guenther 2008-10-25 08:42:24 UTC
Created attachment 321495 [details]
setxkbmap -print > xkbmap.txt

Comment 4 Patrick Guenther 2008-10-25 08:45:28 UTC
Created attachment 321496 [details]
xkbcomp :0 - > xkbcomp.txt 

Please note that I am getting following warning:

<QUOTE>

Warning:          Could not load keyboard geometry for :0
                  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
                  Resulting keymap file will not describe geometry

</QUOTE>

Comment 5 Patrick Guenther 2008-10-25 08:48:42 UTC
About Xorg.log, the system hasn't created one

PS: The keyboard issue is also occuring on an other computer nativly Fedora Core 9

Comment 6 Peter Hutterer 2008-10-27 04:12:59 UTC
wait a minute, did you create the keymap yourself? or what exactly did you do to get that keymap? None of your keys have more than 2 shift levels, so even if ralt would map correctly (it doesn't) there wouldn't be anything to map to.

what's wrong with the swiss keyboard layout you can select from the gnome config tools? (or by running "setxkbmap -layout "ch(fr)" if gnome isn't an option.)

Comment 7 Patrick Guenther 2008-10-28 17:41:20 UTC
The keyboard layout is fr_CH in System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard and it's the only defined keyboard.

I just made another test as it seems that the keyboard layout may be in question:

As the swiss german keyboard has small difference and at least for @ (ATL-R 2) it's on the same place, I have tried to add it and had following message wen switching to it:

Error activating XKB configuration.

X server version data:
The X.Org foundaion
10500000

If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
the result of xprop -root | grep XKB
the result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kdb


# xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "fr_CH", "", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xorg", "pc105", "fr_CH", "", ""

and  

# gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kdb

returns nothing

I hope this helps and thanks for your help

Comment 8 Peter Hutterer 2008-10-29 01:11:46 UTC
i'm still confused here. you mentioned xkeycaps in the first comment, are you still using it?

please remove your .xmodmap file (the one generated by xkeycaps) and restart the X server. Then select Switzerland, Variant French in the gnome tool. Does this provide the correct keyboard mapping?
If not, please provide the versions of xkeyboard-config, xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-drv-evdev.

Comment 9 Patrick Guenther 2008-10-29 20:49:21 UTC
I was confuded to:
- I removed the .xmodmap files, restarted X server: no change
- Finally I removed the fr_CH keybord and used the Switzerland French one 
  using the Gnome configuration: Everything OK
  
  
I did already 3 installations and always run into this problem with the
Gnome Swiss french keyboard.

Conclusion: This is not keyboard issue, but an installer problem.

To get the fine word, I made a new installation. Find the install log bellow


Fedora Core 9 x86_64 DVD

01. Install or upgrade an existing system
02. Language -> English (English)
03. Keyboard -> Swiss French
  ... defaults ...
04. Packages
    Office and Productivity (Not selected)
    Software Development (Not selected)
    Web Server (Not selected)

  Customize later

05. Reboot
    ----------
    First boot
    ----------
06. Create User
    - THE KEYBOARD IS FRENCH ( A in state of Q, shift to have numbers)
07. Login Screen
    - THE KEYBOARD SWITCHED TO SWISS FRENCH
08. In System -> Hardware -> Keyboard
    Layouts -> fr_CH   
    - THE KEYBOARD HAS NO 2ND LEVEL SHIFT
09. Add the Switzerland French keyboard
10. Removed fr_CH keyboard

Everything ok.

Looks like an installer problem.
  
Thanks for the help. It solved my problem. Shall I open a new bug ?

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