Comment 261 for bug 1245473

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In , Alex Efros (powerman-asdf) wrote :

(In reply to k0fe from comment #185)
> (In reply to Alex Efros from comment #184)
> > There is a patch, working good enough for years without creating any new
> > (practical) issues. In comment #161 is was proposed to make it configurable
> > option to make everyone happy and let users choose between using compliant
> > protocol or working hotkeys.
>
> Where is the link to the patch? Where is the instruction like how to apply
> this patch? And how can this comment be used by an ordinary user (without
> knowledge of programming) to solve this problem?

As an ordinary Gentoo Linux user, I:
- download patch attached to this issue named "The same patch, but based on 1.19.1 (fixed)" into directory /etc/portage/patches/x11-base/xorg-server/
- run `emerge xorg-server` to reinstall Xorg with this patch applied
- restart X to enjoy working hotkeys :)

If users of other Linux distributions have issues with this - probably they just didn't use "newer Linux". </sarcasm>