arrow-left maps to ISO_Level3_Shift

Bug #583037 reported by Thomas Zehetbauer
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xorg-server (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

after upgrading to lucid I had to notice that the kbd driver has been removed so I had to change my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the evdev driver for the keyboard:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard_evdev"
    Driver "evdev"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd"
    Option "XkbLayout" "de"
    Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Keyboard_kbd"
# Driver "kbd"
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
# Option "CoreKeyboard"
#EndSection

after that my left arrow key stopped working. using xev and xmodmap I found that the key was generating keycode 113 events which were mapped to ISO_Level3_Shift. workaround: xmodmap -e 'keycode 113 = Left'

it appears that I am not the only one affected by this:
http://benfrantzdale.livejournal.com/262354.html

mapped (xmodmap -pke) as ISO_Level3_Shift instead of "Left". as 113 is the standard keycode for "Left" I wonder who messed up with the keyboard mappings. I use the german nodeadkeys layout.

Tags: hardy
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hi Thomas,

Please run the command 'apport-collect BUGNUMBER', which will attach several files we need for debugging.

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tags: added: needs-xorglog
tags: added: needs-lspci-vvnn
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Thomas Zehetbauer (realborg) wrote :
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Thomas Zehetbauer (realborg) wrote :
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
tags: removed: needs-xorglog
tags: removed: needs-lspci-vvnn
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd (Ubuntu)
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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

Thanks for your report. The default in Lucid is that you have no InputDevice section, or even better, no xorg.conf at all. Keyboard layout will be picked up from /etc/default/console-setup. Does that work for you?

affects: xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd (Ubuntu) → xorg-server (Ubuntu)
Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
tags: added: hardy
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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