Windows key broken after XFree 4.3.0

crimson

I use fluxbox and have [Windows Key](Mod4) + e set to run rox. This worked just fine until I emerged XFree86 4.3.0. There are so many damn X keyboard files I have no idea what to change! Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.

David_Escott · l33t Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 952 Location: Boston, MA

xev will tell you the keys name which is a better thing to do than changing Xs keyboard maps

crimson · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 4:29 am Post subject:

Wow, xev would be a nice tool for writing x programs. Anyway, it doesn't even recognize the key! It sees the keypress, but here's what happens:

KeyPress event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
root 0x9c, subw 0x0, time 196199, (69,35), root:(212,217),
state 0x10, keycode 115 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""

KeyRelease event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
root 0x9c, subw 0x0, time 196356, (69,35), root:(212,217),
state 0x10, keycode 115 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""

Where it says NoSymbol it should have the key's name. So, is there anyone that knows how I could map keys? I'm using just the standard keymap I would guess, I haven't done anything unusual. I need that win key to work, or I'm ten times slower opening progams. Thanks.

crimson · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 4:43 am Post subject:

also I read this site which talked about chaning my Xmodmap file, which I guess Gentoo doesn't include. heres a link :
http://134.76.25.165/~woelz/linux/kbd/tastatur.html

I need these keys to work.

David_Escott · l33t Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 952 Location: Boston, MA

modmap isnt really the way to do this. How do you have your keyboard defined in your XF86Config you probably have the wrong type listed there.

crimson · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 5:39 am Post subject:

well perhaps not, but after reading some more I wouldn't mind mapping some of my other logitech function keys. I made a .Xmodmap file and edited another file but that didn't work. I just noticed this however in the error output from startx which is probably my problem :

crimson · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 5:54 am Post subject:

Solved! Well sort of. I added this to xmodmap .Xmodmap to my .xinitrc file, and they now work like a charm. I still don't know why they don't work like they are supposed to, but Hey

atleast I got them to work.

dev · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 6:22 am Post subject:

My windows key works fine in fluxbox after upgrading to X4.3. I didn't have to do anything. I did redo my XF86Config, but thats it.

crimson · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 6:26 am Post subject:

dev · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 6:36 am Post subject:

Here's my XF86Config so you can compare all the keyboard stuff.

dev · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 6:49 am Post subject:

There were a bunch of config files in /usr/X11R6/somewhereinhere that probably need to be updated if you upgraded from 4.2x to 4.3. I went in and copied all the new configs over the older ones. That might have something to do with it.

David_Escott · l33t Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 952 Location: Boston, MA

> grep -R itouch /etc/X11/
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols.dir:--p----- a------- inet(itouch)
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols.dir:--p----- a------- inet(itouchin)
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/inet:xkb_symbols "itouch" {
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/inet:xkb_symbols "itouchin" {
/etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86: logicdn logidak logiik itouch logiitc logiik logiink itouchin \
/etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst: itouch Logitech iTouch
/etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst: itouchin Logitech iTouch keyboard Internet Navigator
/etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.xml: <name>itouch</name>
/etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.xml: <name>itouchin</name>

Don't know if you thought to do that or not