xorg-server 1.4 and keyboard caps led?

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Dagger · Post by **Dagger** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:26 am

well its ~package, so I wouldn't expect it to be perfect.

Autie · Post by **Autie** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:53 am

niceness wrote:
Hwoarang wrote:There is an update on x11-misc/xkeyboard-config

It might fix the leds problem. I ll give it a shot later
I don't think it will.

gives more problems here, AltGr is dead too now...
The more updates, the less buttons works

ToeiRei · Post by **ToeiRei** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:08 pm

Problem confirmed here - even my umlaut keys are pretty dead...

Autie · Post by **Autie** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:53 pm

duplicate from
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-588884.html

madman2003 · Post by **madman2003** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:06 pm

There are two seperate problems here, the led issue and the keymap issue.

I have never run xserver-1.4, but have had similar problems with git xservers.

For the keymap issue, i suggest you remove /usr/share/X11/xkb and reinstall xkeyboard-config, you will need xkeyboard-config for xorg-server-1.4. This solved it for me iirc.

For the led issue, this a known issue and that will most likely be fixed for the 1.4.1 xserver release.

Bigun · Post by **Bigun** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:27 pm

All three lights cease to function here as well.

renrutal · Post by **renrutal** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:14 am

Talk about a very annoying bug...

How did they manage to break that and go live is beyond me.

reksav · Post by **reksav** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:38 am

i finally get around to tweaking my little problems and this one doesnt seem to be fixable... augh

renrutal · Post by **renrutal** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:03 am

I just posted a fix in their bugzilla at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12434

Hopefully, it will be merged soon.

salmonix · Post by **salmonix** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:20 pm

As per today's freshest it is still dead lights for me. I switch with "XkbOptions" "grp:caps_toggle" between the two keyboard settings. It does switch, but only once - to and no fro. And no lights.

soemraws · Post by **soemraws** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:03 pm

I have the same LED issues.

But I also noticed another more annoying issue, which can be best seen in xev. Try pressing Alt_L and Control_L in that order, and releasing them in any arbitrary order. The events will be fine. Pressing Control_L and Alt_L in that order, however, only shows Control_L pressed event. When releasing Alt_L, the event for press and release of Alt_L are shown immediately after each other. This does NOT happen when using Alt_R.

In other words, when pressing Control_L Alt_L SomeKey, I effectively get Control_L SomeKey. I use the Control_L and Alt_L combo a lot (e.g. switching desktops) and now I have to pay attention in what order I press the keys. That's really annoying!

Can anyone confirm this?

Btw, I have ctrl:swapcaps in xorg.conf, haven't tried in the non-swapped case.

kshade · Post by **kshade** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:13 pm

I'm using xnumlock to turn on numlock right after X starts and the LED is switched on by that. Won't turn off when pressing the key, though.

sub_zero · Post by **sub_zero** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:56 pm

I'm having this problem as well, I was worried I was the only one. Has a fix been issued yet?

michel7 · Post by **michel7** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:35 pm

sub_zero wrote:I'm having this problem as well, I was worried I was the only one. Has a fix been issued yet?

the fix will be avaliable with xorg-server 1.4.1