Re: Help: My 'e' and 'c' keys no longer work!
I have experienced exactly the same problem, and I filed a bug: http://bugs.debian.org/257515 I am about to add some information to that bug however, as I have managed to fix the problem. For me, it seems the 'ukgb' keymap which previously did work, now does not. Either 'gb' or 'uk' does though. I would understand if the ukgb map was renamed or deleted, but to have it half-work is bizarre. -- Jon Dowland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help: My 'e' and 'c' keys no longer work!
Dear all, My c and e keys stopped working in xterms (rxvt, etc) on X. They work correctly on the console, so it's not a hw issue. The only things of note that happened recently are: 1. My system froze this morning. Required a reboot and fsck. No bad error messages, just the usual zero dtime stuff. I looked for xkb related files in all my lost+found directories, but didn't find anything. 2. I apt-get upgraded today. Can't remember what got upgraded last, but I don't think it was X related. I tried restarting X, then tried shutting the machine, wiggling the PS/2 connector and restarting. No dice. However, xfree86 IS receiving events for these keys. The output of xev for e is shown below (including the output for r to compare it with it with a working key): KeyRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xc1, root 0x58, subw 0xc2, time 368034, (45,50), root:(49,408), state 0x0, keycode 26 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: KeyPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xc1, root 0x58, subw 0xc2, time 368342, (45,50), root:(49,408), state 0x0, keycode 27 (keysym 0x72, r), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: r so SOMETHING is happening. I killed X and started it again as a different user. The e and c keys still didn't work. So whatever happened is global for all users. I also tried reinstalling all packages that have a file named xkb: apt-get install --reinstall xlibs xlibs-static-pic xbase-clients libx11-6 xlibs-static-dev but still no dice. The only keyboard type warning I get when running startx is: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Error:No Symbols named microsoft in the include file pc/us Exiting Abandoning symbols file default Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server The keyboard stanza of my XF86Config file is: Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us Option XkbVariant microsoft EndSection But I don't think this has anything to do with the e and c keys not working in X. Lastly, I use the enlightenment wm. I tried running twm instead, but 'e' and 'c' still don't work, so it's not a wm issue. I'm completely and utterly out of ideas. The X keyboard is an area of Linux I know almost nothing about. Can some kind soul please please please help me figure this out? Thanks! Pete -- In theory, theory and practise are the same. In practise, they aren't. GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help: My 'e' and 'c' keys no longer work!
Peter Jay Salzman wrote: Dear all, My c and e keys stopped working in xterms (rxvt, etc) on X. They work correctly on the console, so it's not a hw issue. The only things of note that happened recently are: Well, you're not alone. I've had the very same problem, but it went away, and I didn't manage to figure out what went wrong. I experimented with the keyboard layout preferences in gnome, and at some point it went away. You can fix it from an xterm with setxkblayout XX where the x'es should be substituted with the layout you want. In my case it is 'dk'. Too bad there's an 'e' in the command, but do an ls and paste an 'e' :-) FWIW, it is not just you. 1. My system froze this morning. Required a reboot and fsck. No bad error messages, just the usual zero dtime stuff. I looked for xkb related files in all my lost+found directories, but didn't find anything. 2. I apt-get upgraded today. Can't remember what got upgraded last, but I don't think it was X related. I tried restarting X, then tried shutting the machine, wiggling the PS/2 connector and restarting. No dice. However, xfree86 IS receiving events for these keys. The output of xev for e is shown below (including the output for r to compare it with it with a working key): KeyRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xc1, root 0x58, subw 0xc2, time 368034, (45,50), root:(49,408), state 0x0, keycode 26 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: KeyPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xc1, root 0x58, subw 0xc2, time 368342, (45,50), root:(49,408), state 0x0, keycode 27 (keysym 0x72, r), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: r so SOMETHING is happening. I killed X and started it again as a different user. The e and c keys still didn't work. So whatever happened is global for all users. I also tried reinstalling all packages that have a file named xkb: apt-get install --reinstall xlibs xlibs-static-pic xbase-clients libx11-6 xlibs-static-dev but still no dice. The only keyboard type warning I get when running startx is: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Error:No Symbols named microsoft in the include file pc/us Exiting Abandoning symbols file default Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server The keyboard stanza of my XF86Config file is: Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us Option XkbVariant microsoft EndSection But I don't think this has anything to do with the e and c keys not working in X. Lastly, I use the enlightenment wm. I tried running twm instead, but 'e' and 'c' still don't work, so it's not a wm issue. I'm completely and utterly out of ideas. The X keyboard is an area of Linux I know almost nothing about. Can some kind soul please please please help me figure this out? Thanks! Pete -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: Help: My 'e' and 'c' keys no longer work!
On Sun 18 Jul 04, 12:56 AM, René Seindal [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Peter Jay Salzman wrote: Dear all, My c and e keys stopped working in xterms (rxvt, etc) on X. They work correctly on the console, so it's not a hw issue. The only things of note that happened recently are: Well, you're not alone. I've had the very same problem, but it went away, and I didn't manage to figure out what went wrong. I experimented with the keyboard layout preferences in gnome, and at some point it went away. You can fix it from an xterm with setxkblayout XX where the x'es should be substituted with the layout you want. In my case it is 'dk'. Too bad there's an 'e' in the command, but do an ls and paste an 'e' :-) FWIW, it is not just you. THANK YOU!!! By the way, I didn't have setxkblayout on my system, but using dpkg -S to look for commands of similar name, I found setxkbmap. This fixed my problem: $ setxkbmap us BTW, I update my machine (Debian/testing) a couple of times a day, so I can pretty much pinpoint this problem starting this morning. Can you tell me which branch of Debian you're using and when the problem started for you? Looking at my /usr/share/doc directory, it appears that both xlibs and xbase-clients DID get updated today. So I'm fairly sure the problem was the result of some kind of misconfiguration that was pulled onto the machine via package update. Again, thank you SO much. You just took a HUGE load off my mind! Pete -- In theory, theory and practise are the same. In practise, they aren't. GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help: My 'e' and 'c' keys no longer work!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 By the way, I didn't have setxkblayout on my system, but using dpkg -S to look for commands of similar name, I found setxkbmap. This fixed my problem: $ setxkbmap us good to know. I have the same problem here and fixed it by making a xmodmap, fixing the missing keys (although for me it was e and n) and loading it everytime at X startup via xsessions. BTW, I update my machine (Debian/testing) a couple of times a day, so I can pretty much pinpoint this problem starting this morning. Can you tell me which branch of Debian you're using and when the problem started for you? Looking at my /usr/share/doc directory, it appears that both xlibs and xbase-clients DID get updated today. So I'm fairly sure the problem was the result of some kind of misconfiguration that was pulled onto the machine via package update. I use unstable and it started for me about one week ago. Also after upgrading my system. Cheers Arne -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+gI+bp/QbmhdHowRAlgbAKDT/ANtNInNuxeQc95yc8tWNq61EwCgq+gW xfwiNc9b1VaC6z1uAoK+v5Q= =cmy3 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
