On 05/13/10 00:54, walt wrote:
> On 05/12/2010 05:25 AM, Amit Dor-Shifer wrote:
>> Hi all.
>> After updating world, xorg-1.5.3-r6 to 1.7.6 among others, I'm now 
>> faced with a/m issue.
>> 1. left ctrl key works fine, so does the down arrow key on the numpad.
>> 2. Seems like the "down" key generates a double sequence: both the 
>> "down" event and a newline.
>>
>> This doesn't happen in terminal mode, nor in firefox (3.6.3) or 
>> amarok, but does occur in konsole, thunderbird-bin, kwrite, oowriter 
>> & eclipse-3.5.
>>
>> Attached is xorg log.
>>
>> amit0 ~ # qlist -Iv hal
>> app-misc/hal-info-20090716
>> sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2
>>
>> I've no idea how to proceed w/this. Any clues would be appreciated.
>
> With every version of X11, the amount of stuff in xorg.conf gets less,
> as part of the xorg design.  I can see from your xorg.log that you have
> things in xorg.conf that shouldn't be there any longer.  Specifically,
> you seem to be using the keyboard and mouse drivers *and* evdev at the
> same time, which is wrong --  evdev has replaced the mouse and keyboard
> drivers, and you don't need an "Input device" section for either of them
> now.
>
> I suggest you generate a new xorg.conf by running "X -configure" and
> use the result as a good place to add a few custom things like these:
> (**) Option "xkb_layout" "en_US,ru"
> (**) Option "xkb_variant" ",winkeys"
> (**) Option "xkb_options" "grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
>
>
Thanks. X -configure solved it.
As long as we're at the subject:Those options you're mentioning, would 
they go under the ""Keyboard0" device?
I Added some options there:
Section "InputDevice"
     Identifier  "Keyboard0"
     Driver      "kbd"
     # added - begin
     Option "xkb_layout" "en_US,il"
     Option "xkb_variant" ",winkeys"
     Option "xkb_options" "grp:rwin_toggle -option grp_led:scroll us,il"
     Option "xkb_options" "grp:lwin_toggle -option grp_led:scroll us,il"
     # added - end
EndSection

, yet I don't see evidence of them getting read in Xorg.0.log.
Rather, I see the following:

<Xorg.0.log>
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" 
(type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "en_US,ru"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" ",winkeys"
(**) Option "xkb_options" "grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
</Xorg.0.log>

Also, X complains "(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not 
exist.", I actually removed that reference from /etc/x11/xorg.conf. Yes 
it still insists on reading it.

Is there some cfg cache used by X, perhaps?

Amit