On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:57:17 +0100, "Christian Perrier" <bubu...@debian.org> said: > Quoting whollyg...@letterboxes.org (whollyg...@letterboxes.org): > > > When capslock is on, the letters o, p and m remain lowercase > > unless the shift key is pressed. These are the only letter > > keys that do this. They are also the only letter keys that > > have altgr values assigned to them (the other altgr values > > are assigned to non-letter keys) > > > > When keymaps used to be in /usr/lib/kbd/keytables, I used to > > be able to fix this by changing the cf.map file using the letter > > "o" as an example, from: > > > > keycode 24 = o O section > > > > to: > > > > keycode 24 = o > > altgr keycode 24 = section > > > > I tried something similar by modifying > > /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/cf.map.gz by adding: > > > > keycode 24 = o > > > > above the line > > > > altgr keycode 24 = section > > > > (and the corresonding lines for p and m). That fixed > > the annoying caps lock upper case problem, but the altgr > > characters were printed as white blanks rather the the > > proper symbol. > > > > This problem does not exist under Xorg, but I am usually > > on the console, so if there were a fix available, it > > would be appreciated greatly. > > > That problem seems to be another incarnation of #499608. > > Could you try installing kbd?
That wants to uninstall console-tools. Poking around in aptitude I see two versions listed under the kbd tab--- 1.12.17 and kbd-compat 1:0.2.3dbs-65 so I installed kbd-compat, and restarted /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh and /etc/init.d/keymap.sh. That has the same effect as when I modified cf.map.gz as described in the bug report: it fixes the OPM characters in caps-lock mode, but the altgr symbols now appear as solid white blocks. Did you really mean for me to try the kbd package, thus auto uninstalling the console-tools package? Thanks. -- whollyg...@letterboxes.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely differentÂ… -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
