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

[Jon Kristian Nilsen]

Did you guys also remove the input devices in xorg.conf
Maybe that's causing a conflict?

-J

On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 10:37 -0500, jason maxwell wrote:
> I guess this is also what made my mouse not function as expected too.
> I like the back button on the side of my mouse to function as a second
> middle mouse (paste) button, but I suddenly find it functioning as a
> browser back button, as most people prefer.  The only easy way I found
> to get it back to a paste button is by running:  xmodmap -e "pointer =
> 1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2 9 10".
> 
> This swaps the middle button with the side button, and gives me the
> paste on the side, but then I lose the middle click to paste, which
> then becomes browser back.  Does anyone know of an easy way to just
> duplicate the paste button on the side, rather than swap it?
> -Jason
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Will Siddall <will.siddall at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         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
>         
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>         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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