Re: Various unstable brokenness - X keyboard

2004-12-17 Thread Henry Margies
Hi, On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 18:19 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 3) If the 236086 fix is what has broken the xkb symbols as everybody > suspects, then one of you users with the problem needs to reopen the > bug, and explain what kind of hardware, kernel, and keyboard > configuration you have on

Re: Various unstable brokenness - X keyboard

2004-12-15 Thread foo_bar_baz_boo-deb
There are some weird problems with using the VT change keys in X for some reason. A few issues to consider: 1) 2.4.x kernel vs. 2.6.x kernel: The 2.6.x kernel does "input layer conversion," wherein the SPARC proprietary scan codes and mouse protocols are converted to i386 PC, and IMPS/2 on /dev/in

Re: Various unstable brokenness - X keyboard

2004-12-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 02:08:44PM +0100, Henry Margies wrote: > > After updating xlibs I had the same problem. My keyboard layout (only in > X) was totally messed up. TAB was on Q, Left cursor on pause and so > on... > > The problem was in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/sun/us. I disabled all lines > that

Re: Various unstable brokenness - X keyboard

2004-12-15 Thread Henry Margies
After updating xlibs I had the same problem. My keyboard layout (only in X) was totally messed up. TAB was on Q, Left cursor on pause and so on... The problem was in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/sun/us. I disabled all lines that contained: include "srvr_ctrl(xfree86)"; That solved the problem for me,

Various unstable brokenness - X keyboard, dual processor kernel, console

2004-12-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
All, Just a couple of quick notes: X keyboard is totally impossible and can't even get Ctrl-alt-backspace to kill it because I can't type ctrl-alt-bksp :( This is a sparc20 with two processors and 288M of memory: if and only if X is actually running, the dual processor kernel dies almost immediat