From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RCxRW-0007Lb-JD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:45:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 506D421C48A; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.227]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41FF021C22E for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:45:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta24.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.92]) by qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ihgF1h0031zF43QAChl5fz; Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:45:05 +0000 Received: from ajax ([24.11.47.14]) by omta24.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ihs41h00L0JMh7c8khs4kU; Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:52:04 +0000 Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 13:45:07 -0400 From: Frank Peters To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Shift + Fn Keys Suddenly Don't Work Message-Id: <20111009134507.4a161476.frank.peters@comcast.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.2 (GTK+ 2.24.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 9edad25401139292bfa0a6e19163850c Hello, On an ordinary keyboard, the extended function keys, F13 to F24, should be accessible as Shift + Fn, where Fn are the keys F1 to F12. Well, up until a few days ago, the Shift+Fn combination was working as it should. Then suddenly, Shift+Fn stopped working correctly. I noticed it when using the Midnight Commander (MC) file manager where I extensively use Shift+F5 and Shift+F6 to conveniently rename and copy files. MC is a terminal program but the problem also shows up in some X programs that use Shift+Fn combinations. Because I have no need to closely monitor changes on my system I can't actually pinpoint any new install that may be responsible. My first guess would be a new version of xorg-server-1.11.1 that was emerged on October 2. I need to know how I can debug this situation further. Using xev to record key presses gives the following output when using Shift+F1: KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001, root 0x121, subw 0x0, time 6919279, (23,152), root:(463,411), state 0x0, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001, root 0x121, subw 0x0, time 6921351, (23,152), root:(463,411), state 0x1, keycode 67 (keysym 0xffffff, VoidSymbol), same_screen YES, XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 63 XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False The data for the F1 keypress is not correct. Compare this output with the expected output that is shown in this forum thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-524537-start-0.html It appears that the X server is at fault. Can anyone using xorg-server-1.11.1 very that the Shift+Fn keys are broken? Frank Peters