Re: Keyboard's keymap now changed since evdev upgrade

["Will Siddall" <will.siddall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alright, so getting tired of having to deal with it, I remapped everything.  It took a while and keep reloading my Xmodmap file to get what I needed.  At least it works :D

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Will Siddall <will.siddall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Right, but I'm not using KDE, I'm using Gnome.  I've tried using an Evdev-managed keyboard, and I've tried using a generic pc105... all with no luck.  Plus, I've already upgraded to 1.5.3-3.

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Jan de Groot <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 17:45 -0400, Will Siddall wrote:
> Hey all, I say I'm pretty comfortable with everything in arch now, but
> this keyboard issue is starting to drive me nuts.  Not too long ago,
> the change from using kbd to evdev was made and ever since then, my
> keyboard is all messed up.  I can still use my keyboard, but specific
> keys are changed around.
>
> Looking around, everyone is refering to issues with KDEMod, but I'm
> using Gnome and using the Evdev-Managed Keyboard.  I specified in my
> 10-keymap.fdi rule file the proper settings and updated my xorg.conf
> with no change.
>
> The real issue I have is my arrow keys don't work anymore (except for
> the up arrow is giving me the ScreenCap window) and using xev, the
> keys are bringing back keycodes for other events.  Which is making it
> REALLY hard to work with vi and just working with the command line in
> general.
>
> Am I actually going to have to re-key all my keycodes by hand?  or is
> there a way to find out what's going on and properly set my key
> events?

Upgrade to xorg-server 1.5.3-3 and set your keyboard in KDE to "evdev
managed keyboard" or something similiar. Setting it to a specific other
model that matches your keyboard will mess up keybindings when using
evdev.