MacBook keymap broken

[Stefan Daniel Schwarz (Wolfram Ravenwolf)]

Binary package hint: xkb-data

Support for the MacBook keyboard got worse from Dapper to Edgy - while I'm using a German keyboard, it probably affects other keyboard setups as well:

With Edgy, the Tilde and Less/Greater keys were swapped. With Edgy, the function keys F1-F10 have been swapped with fn+F1-F10. F11 and F12 are not affected.

In addition to that, custom reconfiguration isn't working as it used to, both /etc/console-tools/remap (to reconfigure the console keymap) and /etc/X11/Xmodmap (to reconfigure the X keymap) don't work properly anymore. Console-tools has been replaced by console-setup which doesn't support remapping, instead it loads an "xkb" keymap, just like X does. And the global "Xmodmap" doesn't affect users anymore, probably because it is overridden by the "xkb" keymap in a later stage.

That's why I'm filing this bug with "xkb-data" - if a proper xkb keymap now is the only supported way of keyboard configuration, a working MacBook keymap should be provided. (The included keymaps only work with iMac or PowerBook, not the new MacBooks!)

Tested on a Black MacBook with German keyboard under Ubuntu 6.10.

[Bertrand Rousseau (bertrand-rousseau)]

Created an attachment (id=6008)
modified files for swapping the keys in macbook french keyboards

[Sergey V. Udaltsov (svu)]

Are you talking about xkeyboard-config or xkbdata? IIRC it was fixed at some
point. Could you please have a look at xkeyboard-config CVS - and, if possible,
attach a patch against it.

[Stefan Daniel Schwarz (Wolfram Ravenwolf) (stefandanielschwarz)]

Binary package hint: xkb-data

Support for the MacBook keyboard got worse from Dapper to Edgy - while I'm using a German keyboard, it probably affects other keyboard setups as well:

With Edgy, the Tilde and Less/Greater keys were swapped. With Edgy, the function keys F1-F10 have been swapped with fn+F1-F10. F11 and F12 are not affected.

In addition to that, custom reconfiguration isn't working as it used to, both /etc/console-tools/remap (to reconfigure the console keymap) and /etc/X11/Xmodmap (to reconfigure the X keymap) don't work properly anymore. Console-tools has been replaced by console-setup which doesn't support remapping, instead it loads an "xkb" keymap, just like X does. And the global "Xmodmap" doesn't affect users anymore, probably because it is overridden by the "xkb" keymap in a later stage.

That's why I'm filing this bug with "xkb-data" - if a proper xkb keymap now is the only supported way of keyboard configuration, a working MacBook keymap should be provided. (The included keymaps only work with iMac or PowerBook, not the new MacBooks!)

Tested on a Black MacBook with German keyboard under Ubuntu 6.10.

[Henrique Ferreiro (henrique-ferreiro)]

Fn behaviour can be changed with pommed or directly with:

echo -n 0x02 > /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode (taken from www.gentoo-wiki.com)

To fix Tilde-Less/Greater swapping I changed "MacBook/MacBook Pro" to "Generic 104-key PC" in gnome-keyboard-properties

[Henrique Ferreiro (henrique-ferreiro)]

Some issues seem to be fixed in a newer version os xkb-data. See freedesktop bug 7292.

[Benjamin-close (benjamin-close)]

Bugzilla Upgrade Mass Bug Change

NEEDSINFO state was removed in Bugzilla 3.x, reopening any bugs previously listed as NEEDSINFO.

  - benjsc
    fd.o Wrangler

[Henrique Ferreiro (henrique-ferreiro)]

It works for me in hardy.

[mabovo (mabovo)]

The only problem I can notice using Apple laptop in Hardy/Gnome 2.22 happens when I type the character ã and get the character â .
Always when boot the system I need to go in System > Preferences > Keyboard > Configuration and select Apple Laptop as keyboard model "again", so typing again in the keyboard I get the correct character this time, i.e., typing ã I get ã .

[Luiz T. Honda (lhonda)]

Does anyone can write c cedil (in html: ç)? In my Macbook, it prints out a "c" with an accent ( ć ) which is wrong.
Sorry, I can't show you the right character because I'm on my Mac now. this bug is related to Brazilian portuguese and I've tried changing to pc-104 keyboard as well.

[Sergey V. Udaltsov (svu)]

No answer fo 2.5 years