Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 920385
Unable to map the esc key using xsetwacom.
Last modified: 2014-02-12 09:38:47 EST
Description of problem: Unable to map the Escape key to one of the buttons on a Wacom Cintiq 22HD pad. All other modifier keys work (alt/ctrl etc.). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.16.1-3.el6.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 How reproducible: Consistent. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try and set escape to one of the buttons on the Wacom tablet: $ xsetwacom --set "Wacom Cintiq 22HD pad" Button 13 "key Esc" The command doesn't return any error, but the key isn't mapped. Actual results: Running a get results in a null: $ xsetwacom --get "Wacom Cintiq 22HD pad" Button 13 key +(null) -(null) Expected results: The button on the pad should be mapped to Escape Additional info: Output from xev: KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8600001, root 0x1f5, subw 0x0, time 946082789, (89,118), root:(3636,1033), state 0x10, keycode 8 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x8600001, root 0x1f5, subw 0x0, time 946082789, (89,118), root:(3636,1033), state 0x10, keycode 8 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False
Verified, upstream fix is xf86-input-wacom-0.17.0-3-ge604e4e
MODIFIED xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.16.1-4.el6 is available in brew
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1568.html