[arch-general] Keyboard's keymap now changed since evdev upgrade

[Will Siddall]

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 at gmail.com> 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 at jgc.homeip.net> 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.
>>
>>
>
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