Re: AltGr is CTRL on Norwegian/German keyboard

[Heiko Nardmann <h dot nardmann at secunet dot de>]

Hi again!

Further facts on keyboard problems:

- after removal of XF86Config nothing changes
- connecting to a Solaris machine running CDE inside the session works fine 
but the Linux machine running KDE still has problems
- on the Linux machine: when pressing AltGr then the following appears inside 
the .xsession-errors file:

kdecore (KAccel): WARNING: Sym::initQt( ffff ): failed to convert key.

Maybe this is a KDE problem?

On Montag, 22. September 2003 16:42, Heiko Nardmann wrote:
> Another interesting detail: inside the KDM login (I access a Linux server
> using XDMP) the problematic key works fine. So where is the difference
> here?
>
> On Montag, 22. September 2003 16:34, Heiko Nardmann wrote:
> > On Dienstag, 16. September 2003 21:23, Steinar Bang wrote:
> > > >>>>> Harold L Hunt II <huntharo@msu.edu>:
> > > >
> > > > You don't have any of the Windows PowerToys installed, do you?
> > >
> > > Not intentially.
> > >
> > > Can they be installed during a service pack upgrade?  Can they be
> > > remotely installed by "helpful" IT support people?  Is there a way to
> > > find out if I have them installed?
> > >
> > > And do PowerToys exist for Win2k? (a search for powertoy on
> > > www.google.com just popped up "Powertoys for XP)
> >
> > I have the same problems here with a German keyboard. The pressing of the
> > key with (less,greater,bar) does not result in any character.
> >
> > This worked until I decided to upgrade from Windows NT to Windows XP.
> >
> > What else beside the data given below can I easily do to help debugging
> > this problem?
> >
> > Here is what xev prints:
> >
> > KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
> >     root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 3822466, (194,186), root:(198,233),
> >     state 0x0, keycode 94 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
> >     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""
> >
> > KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x3800001,
> >     root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 3822566, (194,186), root:(198,233),
> >     state 0x0, keycode 94 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
> >     XLookupString gives 0 bytes:  ""
> >
> > Now the output of Spy++:
> >
> > Two times pressing AltGr:
> >
> > <00001> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_CONTROL cRepeat:1 ScanCode:1D
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
> > <00002> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38
> > fExtended:1 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
> > <00003> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYUP nVirtKey:VK_CONTROL cRepeat:1 ScanCode:1D
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
> > <00004> 0012019C P WM_KEYUP nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38
> > fExtended:1 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
> >
> > <00005> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_CONTROL cRepeat:1 ScanCode:1D
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
> > <00006> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38
> > fExtended:1 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
> > <00007> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYUP nVirtKey:VK_CONTROL cRepeat:1 ScanCode:1D
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
> > <00008> 0012019C P WM_KEYUP nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38
> > fExtended:1 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
> >
> > Two times pressing key (less,greater,bar) next to left Shift bar:
> >
> > <00009> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_OEM_102 cRepeat:1 ScanCode:56
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
> > <00010> 0012019C P WM_KEYUP nVirtKey:VK_OEM_102 cRepeat:1 ScanCode:56
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
> >
> > <00011> 0012019C P WM_KEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_OEM_102 cRepeat:1 ScanCode:56
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
> > <00012> 0012019C P WM_KEYUP nVirtKey:VK_OEM_102 cRepeat:1 ScanCode:56
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
> >
> > Switching back from Cygwin to Windows using Alt-Tab:
> >
> > <00013> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYDOWN nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:0 fUp:0
> > <00014> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYUP nVirtKey:VK_TAB cRepeat:1 ScanCode:0F
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:1 fRepeat:0 fUp:1
> > <00015> 0012019C P WM_SYSKEYUP nVirtKey:VK_MENU cRepeat:1 ScanCode:38
> > fExtended:0 fAltDown:0 fRepeat:1 fUp:1
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is my /etc/XF86Config:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ########################################
> >
> > Section "Files"
> >     RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> >
> >     FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
> >     FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> >     FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> >     FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> >     FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> >     FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >     Identifier	"Keyboard1"
> >     Driver	"Keyboard"
> >     Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
> >     Option "XkbRules"	"xfree86"
> >     Option "XkbModel"	"pc105"
> >     Option "XkbLayout"	"de"
> >     Option "XkbVariant"  "nodeadkeys"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier  "dummy"
> >     Driver      "dummy"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> >     Identifier  "dummy"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> >     Identifier  "dummy"
> >     Device      "dummy"
> >     Monitor     "dummy"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> >     Identifier      "dummy"
> >     Screen          "dummy"
> >     InputDevice     "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
> >
> > ########################################

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Heiko Nardmann (Dipl.-Ing. Technische Informatik)
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