[arch-general] Bluetooth keyword layout in Gnome 3.12

[Mikhail Strizhov]

Thanks for reply.  My bluetooth keyboard itself does not have numlock.

On my laptop, I tried to switch numlock on/off, but this did not work 
either.

I am running 3.14.1-1-ARCH that came with gnome 3.12 last night.


On 04/15/2014 11:14 AM, Ryan Fredette wrote:
> It may seem silly, but is numlock on?  It could be that because the
> keyboard doesn't have a numberpad, it's emulating one like many laptop
> keyboards: having it take over the right half of the board when numlock
> is enabled.  I don't know why upgrading Gnome would make numlock on by
> default, but it's worth a look, I think.
>
> Ryan
> On 04/15/2014 12:19 PM, Mikhail Strizhov wrote:
>>
>> After Gnome 3.10 -> 3.12 upgrade my Bluetooth keyboard layout became
>> crazy. There are no English letters, instead it types some numbers.
>> Sounds silly, but if I press in gedit letter "p" is prints "*", "o" is
>> "6", "l" is "3", "q", "w" and others do out output anything.
>>
>> The keyboard is visible in Bluetooth settings. I also tried to delete
>> the keyword settings and reconnect it and it was successful, layout is
>> still incorrect.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Output of dmesg:
>>
>> [   64.054951] apple 0005:05AC:0239.0002: unknown main item tag 0x0
>> [   64.055249] input: KC1280 BT Keyboard as
>> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input20
>>
>> [   64.055563] apple 0005:05AC:0239.0002: input,hidraw1: BLUETOOTH HID
>> v1.1b Keyboard [KC1280 BT Keyboard] on 7c:e9:d3:b7:d5:77
>> [  127.771869] usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, device number 4
>> [  133.078432] usb 1-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 7 using
>> ehci-pci
>>
>>
>> Howerver, there are weird warning messages in /var/log/messages:
>>
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost kernel: input: KC1280 BT Keyboard as
>> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/0005:05AC:0239.0008/input/input26
>>
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost kernel: apple 0005:05AC:0239.0008:
>> input,hidraw3: BLUETOOTH HID v1.1b Keyboard [KC1280 BT Keyboard] on
>> 7c:e9:d3:b7:d5:77
>> Apr 15 10:08:27 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (II) config/udev: Adding
>> input device KC1280 BT Keyboard (/dev/input/event21)
>> Apr 15 10:08:27 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) KC1280 BT Keyboard:
>> Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
>> Apr 15 10:08:27 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) KC1280 BT Keyboard:
>> Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
>> Apr 15 10:08:27 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (II) Using input driver
>> 'evdev' for 'KC1280 BT Keyboard'
>> Apr 15 10:08:27 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) KC1280 BT Keyboard:
>> always reports core events
>> Apr 15 10:08:27 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) evdev: KC1280 BT
>> Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event21"
>> Apr 15 10:08:27 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (--) evdev: KC1280 BT
>> Keyboard: Vendor 0x5ac Product 0x239
>> Apr 15 10:08:27 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (--) evdev: KC1280 BT
>> Keyboard: Found keys
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (II) evdev: KC1280 BT
>> Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) Option "config_info"
>> "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/0005:05AC:0239.0008/input/input26/event21"
>>
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (II) XINPUT: Adding
>> extended input device "KC1280 BT Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 17)
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) Option "xkb_rules"
>> "evdev"
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) Option "xkb_model"
>> "pc104"
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) Option "xkb_layout"
>> "us,ru"
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: (**) Option "xkb_variant" ","
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: The XKEYBOARD keymap
>> compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: > Warning: Compat map for
>> group 2 redefined
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: > Using new definition
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: > Warning: Compat map for
>> group 3 redefined
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: > Using new definition
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: > Warning: Compat map for
>> group 4 redefined
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: > Using new definition
>> Apr 15 10:08:28 localhost gdm-Xorg-:0[426]: Errors from xkbcomp are
>> not fatal to the X server
>>
>> My keyboard on amazon -
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096M8VR2/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>
>>
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