G?rard Henry wrote: > hello all, > sometimes, i lost the keys as " or ' or ` in gnome-terminal, until i > quit the session and reconnect! > This problem appears on S10U4 and Solaris Express > I'm using a Sun Keyboard Type 6 (azerty) > Losing these keys is a problem when using program like screen, or trying > to quote strings. > Is there a workaround? > > thanks in advance, >
Hi G?rard, I guess you are activating EMEA keyboard layout emulation mode which is supported by IIIMF (Input Method framework). For example, if French KB emulation is activated, you will see "French [Fr]" at iiim-panel on gnome panel. If the emulation is deactivated, you will see "[Fr]". You can activate/deactivate the IM mode by Ctrl+space. Well, even if you were in the EMEA keyboard layout emulation mode, you should not see such problem. However the problem happens due to the following IIIMF regression bug. 6639480: some ASCII keys (ex: single quate) become dead keys unexpectedly in keyboard layout emulation This bug was introduced in snv_68 (SXDE 9/07) and fixed in snv_79a (SXDE 1/08). SXDE 1/08 is planned to release on Jan 22. This bug doesn't exist in S10U4 official build, but if you applied IIIMF patch 120410-23(sparc)/120411-23(i386) or later on your system, you will see the bug. The fix has been incorporated in the patch -26 and will officially be released in a few days. Thanks, Fuyuki
