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sremy69 n00b
Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 4
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: b key not working in x |
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I have a weird problem where the b key on my type 5c keyboard doesn't work under x. All of the rest of the keys seem to work fine. The key works if I exit x11. Anyone have any ideas? |
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Ferris Retired Dev
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 426 Location: N. Virginia (USA)
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Please review this thread and the links included in it: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-324865.html and if you still have problems, you can post your xorg.conf file, what your system is (Ultra2, sparc20, or whatever), and what your kernel is. This does not guarantee you a good answer, but it makes it easier for others to guess what is going on. |
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sremy69 n00b
Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 4
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbKeycodes" "sun(type5)"
Option "XkbModel" "type5"
Option "XkbRules" "sun"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbTypes" "types/complete"
Option "XkbCompat" "compat/complete"
Option "XkbGeometry" "sun(type5unix)"
EndSection
this is my keyboard section of my xorg.conf. I am using kernel 2.4.29 on an Enterprise 4000 with 5 250 Mhz processors and 3 gigs of ram. |
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Ferris Retired Dev
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 426 Location: N. Virginia (USA)
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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I am now out of ideas. Is this for all X applications, or are you in gnome, or kde, or ....? If you don't get any better response here, you might try asking on the gentoo-sparc mailing list or on the freenode #gentoo-sparc IRC channel.
The one time I saw something like this (except for me it was a dead 'l (L)' key), the problem was an out-of-date library, but I don't think you are likely to run into problems like that anymore. I vaguely recall having heard similar complaints on the #gentoo-sparc channel, but I don't remember the resolution. Sorry; all I can suggest is that you keep asking.
By the way, if all else fails, you might be able to force 'b-key' == 'b', but the approach counts as tacky. You can use 'xev' to see just what the 'b-key' is sending, then use xmodmap to map that onto the 'b' character. That might work, but it is definitely clumsy and unsatisfying. Better is to figure out just what application is getting the key wrong, but I don't see it. |
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i-right-i Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 118 Location: Chandler, AZ USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject: Keyboard |
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Any particular reason why your using Keyboard1 instead of Keyboard0 ? Do you have 2 Keyboards configured?
Just a thought.
i-right-i _________________ Gentoo on x86
Gentoo on SPARC |
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sremy69 n00b
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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no reason, that is just the way it was on the xorg.conf.example |
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i-right-i Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 118 Location: Chandler, AZ USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Here is a copy of my xorg.conf on my Ultra 10.
I am running Kernel 2.4.29
I would make sure you have this first part setup right
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "Always"
EndSection
Then there is the actuall device itself
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbKeycodes" "sun(type5)"
Option "XkbModel" "type5"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbRules" "sun"
Option "XkbTypes" "types/complete"
Option "XkbCompat" "compat/complete"
Option "XkbGeometry" "sun(type5unix)"
EndSection
Hope this helps.
i-right-i _________________ Gentoo on x86
Gentoo on SPARC |
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