[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#522957: Bug#522957: Bug#522957: Bug#522957: xfconf: There are major problem with the way keyboard settings are dealt with.

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On mer, 2009-04-08 at 22:29 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Mi,08.apr.09, 02:01:16, Luca Niccoli wrote:
>  
> > I could set the shortcuts and the keyboard layout and model, but
> > neither of these had any effect: shortcuts didn't work, nor did
> > keymaps change.
> 
> I have problems changing the model. I did some tests and I can reproduce 
> the issue. Here is the relevant part of xorg.conf (I don't use xmodmap 
> anymore):
> 
> ,----[ from xorg.conf ]
> | Section "InputDevice"
> | 	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
> | 	Driver		"kbd"
> | 	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
> | 	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
> | 	Option		"XkbLayout"	"ro"
> | EndSection
> `----
> 
> The steps to reproduce it:
> 
> rm -rf .config 
> 
> startxfce4
> 
> Xfce Menu -> Settings -> Keyboard: Layout tab and chose model (Thinkpad 
> R61 for me)
> 
> result: special keys don't work
> 
> close Xfce
> 
> startxfce4
> 
> special keys still don't work
> 
> now in the keyboard settings I choose some other model and then again 
> the Thinkpad R61
> 
> special keys work! but only until Xfce is restarted when the model dance 
> needs to be performed again.
> 
> If I choose the corect model in xorg.conf it will be shown in keyboard 
> settings after removing .config and will work correctly. I will be using 
> this solution anyway, but I could do more tests if needed.

It seems that the config file is not always created when selecting a
layoyut/model. Please check
in .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/keyboard-layout.xml if it
exists.

Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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