Bug #6890 “Win-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5” : Bugs : xorg package : Ubuntu

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Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:31:21 +0200
From: Kevin Price <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5

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Subject: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5
Severity: important
Tags: sid

Hi,
when upgrading x from dfsg.1-4 to -5, the handy Alt-Tab "Task switching" ceases
to function on a KDE machine as well as on a Gnome/metacity machine. One has
r128, the other has a radeon. Downgrading only the xlibs package to
dfsg.1-4 and restarting X cures it. The systems are both otherwise sid.

Detailed behavior / steps to reproduce:

  * Hold alt, press tab
-> Task selector appears, OK
  * repeatedly press tab
-> switches between windows as usual
  * release tab
-> focus leaves current window, so far OK, but
-> focus does not hit selected window.

same behavior when omitting the second step. I cannot see any entry in the
Debian changelog that looks like it could have anything to do with this
bug. Is there any kind of further testing (xev) that you would like me to
perform? Is there any other information I can gather for you?

Thanks anyway for the fine work so far.
brgds
Kevin

-- Package-specific info:
Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file
/var/log/XFree86.0.log:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "F700P"
(**) | |-->Device "Rage 128"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "de"
(**) XKB: layout: "de"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse"
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID").
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
--
(II) R128(0): Direct rendering disabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard" handled by legacy driver
(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPs/2"
(**) Mouse: Protocol: "ImPs/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file
/var/log/XFree86.20.log:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Device"
(**) |-->In...

Message-ID: <40D43219.3050702@web.de>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:31:21 +0200
From: Kevin Price <KevinP@web.de>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5

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Subject: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5
Severity: important
Tags: sid

Hi,
when upgrading x from dfsg.1-4 to -5, the handy Alt-Tab "Task switching" ceases
to function on a KDE machine as well as on a Gnome/metacity machine. One has
r128, the other has a radeon. Downgrading only the xlibs package to
dfsg.1-4 and restarting X cures it. The systems are both otherwise sid.

Detailed behavior / steps to reproduce:

* Hold alt, press tab
	-> Task selector appears, OK
  * repeatedly press tab
	-> switches between windows as usual
  * release tab
	-> focus leaves current window, so far OK, but
	-> focus does not hit selected window.

same behavior when omitting the second step. I cannot see any entry in the
Debian changelog that looks like it could have anything to do with this
bug. Is there any kind of further testing (xev) that you would like me to
perform? Is there any other information I can gather for you?

Thanks anyway for the fine work so far.
brgds
   Kevin

-- Package-specific info:
Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file
/var/log/XFree86.0.log:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "F700P"
(**) |   |-->Device "Rage 128"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "de"
(**) XKB: layout: "de"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse"
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID").
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
--
(II) R128(0): Direct rendering disabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard" handled by legacy driver
(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPs/2"
(**) Mouse: Protocol: "ImPs/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file
/var/log/XFree86.20.log:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor"
(**) |   |-->Device "Device"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "de"
(**) XKB: layout: "de"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
--

(II) R128(0): Direct rendering disabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard" handled by legacy driver
(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPs/2"
(**) Mouse: Protocol: "ImPs/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Keyboard-related contents of XFree86 X server log file
/var/log/XFree86.8.log:
(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
--
(II) R128(0): Direct rendering disabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
--
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(**) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(==) Mouse0: Buttons: 3
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)

XFree86 X server log files on system:
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        40172 2003-12-21 02:19 /var/log/XFree86.8.log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        34862 2004-02-04 06:28 /var/log/XFree86.20.log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48013 2004-06-19 14:07 /var/log/XFree86.0.log

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-1-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE

Versions of packages xlibs depends on:
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Session Management
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft1                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxmu6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxmuu1                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 lightweight X Window System miscel
ii  libxp6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System printing extension
ii  libxpm4                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X pixmap library
ii  libxrandr2                4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxt6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  libxtrap6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol-trapping
ii  libxtst6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System event recording an
ii  xlibs-data                4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System client data

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:28:31 -0400
From: Ari Pollak <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: me too

I should note that I'm seeing this behavior under openbox & -5 as well.
I hadn't made the correlation between the new version of X and the
problem, I originally thought it was just an openbox problem. It seems
that Alt-tab works fine when only pressing it once, but holding down Alt
and pressing Tab multiple time results in a very weird focus state.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

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Message-Id: <1087746296.10630.12.camel@moeff>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:44:57 +0200
From: Julien Langer <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: alt key broken?

It seems that no shortcuts with the alt key work correctly any longer.

For example if I try to asign ALT+another key to an action in
gnome-keybinding-properties, it will asign "ALT_L" to the action,
instead of waiting for another key to be pressed.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

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Message-Id: <1087847422.22000.0.camel@akessel-linux>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:50:22 -0400
From: Adam Kessel <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: other openbox users as well

This same problem has been discussed on the Openbox list; I can
duplicate it reliably.
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:29:44 +0200
From: Christian Sahm <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5

I have this bug on one of my machines, too. On another, with similar
installation and identical versions of xlibs and metacity (all packages
which are installed on both systems are identical because they are all
from a local mirror).
So I rather think of an bug in relation with any of the other additional
installed packages on the buggy machine than on a general bug in xlibs.
Up to now I discovered some packages which are related with xlibs and
metacity which are additional on one machine but none of them could be
verified as responsible for this strange behaviour.

Best regards
Christian
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:56:58 +0300
From: Dmitry Borodaenko <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Alt-Tab is broken differently with Window Maker

On my machine with Window Maker the behaviour is slightly different: all
Alt- shortcuts work, and Alt-Tab switching works, but swallows the first
keypress in the new window. In xterm, the cursor changes from shallow to
filled after the swallowed keypress, as if the window receives the
keyboard focus only after a key is pressed in it; in GUI windows, text
cursor only appears after the first (swallowed) keypress, too.

Is it somehow related to the "Grab updates to XKB data from XFree86 CVS"
changelog item? Like "fix Meta, Super, Hyper keysyms interpretation"?

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:30:42 +0200
From: Daniel Tiefnig <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: me too

Ari Pollak <email address hidden> wrote:
> It seems that Alt-tab works fine when only pressing it once, but
> holding down Alt and pressing Tab multiple time results in a very
> weird focus state.

It just looks like that. The problem also exists when you press TAB
once, s/o just tends to release ALT before TAB when not pressing TAB
again, and releasing TAB Before ALT when pressing TAB multiple times.

So there seems to be a problem with recognition of or acting on
releasing ALT (or any Meta?) key.

HTH,
daniel

PS: I have: debian sid, kdelibs 3.2.3-2, kdebase 3.2.2-1

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:43:42 +0300
From: Dmitry Borodaenko <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Alt-Tab is broken differently with Window Maker

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 12:56:58PM +0300, Dmitry Borodaenko wrote:
> On my machine with Window Maker the behaviour is slightly different:
[...]

In case that is important: Debian sid, wmaker 0.80.2-0.2.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#9

Message-Id: <1088183600.2613.141.camel@seb128>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:13:20 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: xlibs problem

reassign 249047 xlibs
severity 249047 important
tag 249047 sid
reassign 255778 xlibs
severity 255778 important
tag 255778 sid
reassign 254973 xlibs
tag 254973 sid
reassign 255063 xlibs
tag 255063 sid
reopen 255332
reassign 255332 xlibs
severity 255332 important
tag 255332 sid
reopen 255216
reassign 255216 xlibs
severity 255216 important
tag 255216 sid
merge 249047 255778 254973 255063 255332 255216 255192
thanks

All these bugs are dups due to xlibs -5 problem ...

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

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Message-Id: <1088183998.2613.142.camel@seb128>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:19:58 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: xlibs problem

severity 256192 important
tag 256192 sid
merge 256192 255192
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#11

Message-Id: <1088184751.2613.149.camel@seb128>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:32:31 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: re: metacity: application's take focus even though it is set to click

unmerge 249047
reassign 249047 metacity
thanks

Oups, wrong bug number

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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:04:06 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: fix for Alt-Tab problem in xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5

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tag 254973 + upstream fixed-upstream patch
thanks

This message is in regard to the bug reported in #254973, #255063,
#255192, #255216, #255332, #255778, #256192, and probably several other
duplicates that haven't been identified yet.

A fix for this problem is available. It comes in the form of a diff to
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc.

To apply this fix:

1) Retrieve the patch from
   <URL: http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff > or the
   attachment to this mail.
2) Save the patch someplace. I recommend /tmp.
3) Become root.
4) cd /
5) patch -p0 < /tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff
6) Go back to being a mere mortal user.
7) Restart your X session. Advanced users may simply reload their
   keymap using setxkbmap(1x) with the proper arguments.

This patch is from upstream CVS, but not license-encumbered (revision
1.10 of the file in question was made on 2003-08-22, which predates the
relicensing by several months). (For simplicity, this patch also
contains revision 1.9, an unrelated but harmless change. Yes, it really
is harmless; I tried it.)

I will be applying this fix to the SVN trunk before long; as the package
release manager, it's Fabio's decision as to whether it makes it into -6
or not.

Thanks to the patient for their patience. I apologize for the
inconvenience.

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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//
-// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/pc,v 1.8 2003/05/15 13:32:00 p=
ascal Exp $
+// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/pc,v 1.10 2003/08/22 13:31:11 =
pascal Exp $
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partial hidden alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys=20
xkb_symbols "basic" {
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
     key <KP2> { [ KP_Down, KP_2 ] };
     key <KP3> { [ KP_Next, KP_3 ] };
     key <KPEN> { [ KP_Enter ] };
+ key <KPEQ> { [ KP_Equal ] };
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Message-ID: <20040627040406.GA19900@redwald.deadbeast.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:04:06 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-x@lists.debian.org,
	control@bugs.debian.org
Cc: 254973-submitter@bugs.debian.org,
	255063-submitter@bugs.debian.org, 255192-submitter@bugs.debian.org,
	255216-submitter@bugs.debian.org, 255332-submitter@bugs.debian.org,
	255778-submitter@bugs.debian.org, 256192-submitter@bugs.debian.org
Subject: fix for Alt-Tab problem in xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5

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tag 254973 + upstream fixed-upstream patch
thanks

This message is in regard to the bug reported in #254973, #255063,
#255192, #255216, #255332, #255778, #256192, and probably several other
duplicates that haven't been identified yet.

A fix for this problem is available.  It comes in the form of a diff to
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc.

To apply this fix:

1) Retrieve the patch from
   <URL: http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff > or the
   attachment to this mail.
2) Save the patch someplace.  I recommend /tmp.
3) Become root.
4) cd /
5) patch -p0 < /tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff
6) Go back to being a mere mortal user.
7) Restart your X session.  Advanced users may simply reload their
   keymap using setxkbmap(1x) with the proper arguments.

This patch is from upstream CVS, but not license-encumbered (revision
1.10 of the file in question was made on 2003-08-22, which predates the
relicensing by several months).  (For simplicity, this patch also
contains revision 1.9, an unrelated but harmless change.  Yes, it really
is harmless; I tried it.)

I will be applying this fix to the SVN trunk before long; as the package
release manager, it's Fabio's decision as to whether it makes it into -6
or not.

Thanks to the patient for their patience.  I apologize for the
inconvenience.

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G. Branden Robinson                |    To Republicans, limited government
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    means not assisting people they
branden@debian.org                 |    would sooner see shoveled into mass
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |    graves.          -- Kenneth R. Kahn

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+++ etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc	22 Aug 2003 13:31:11 -0000	1.10
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=20
 //
-// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/pc,v 1.8 2003/05/15 13:32:00 p=
ascal Exp $
+// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/pc,v 1.10 2003/08/22 13:31:11 =
pascal Exp $
=20
 partial hidden alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys=20
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
     key  <KP2> {	[  KP_Down,	KP_2	]	};
     key  <KP3> {	[  KP_Next,	KP_3	]	};
     key <KPEN> {	[  	KP_Enter	]	};
+    key <KPEQ> {	[  	KP_Equal	]	};
=20
     key  <KP0> {	[  KP_Insert,	KP_0	]	};
     key <KPDL> {  	[  KP_Delete,	KP_Decimal ]	};
@@ -181,16 +182,16 @@
     key <MDSW> {	[ Mode_switch 		]	};
     modifier_map Mod5   { <LVL3>, <MDSW> };
=20
-    key <ALT>  {	[ Alt_L		]	};
-    modifier_map Mod1   { <ALT> };
+    key <ALT>  {	[ NoSymbol, Alt_L	]	};
+    modifier_map Mod1   { <ALT>, <LALT> };
=20
-    key <META> {	[ Meta_L	]	};
+    key <META> {	[ NoSymbol, Meta_L	]	};
     modifier_map Mod1   { <META> };
=20
-    key <SUPR> {	[ Super_L	]	};
+    key <SUPR> {	[ NoSymbol, Super_L	]	};
     modifier_map Mod4   { <SUPR> };
=20
-    key <HYPR> {	[ Hyper_L	]	};
+    key <HYPR> {	[ NoSymbol, Hyper_L	]	};
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#14

Message-Id: <1088347248.1840.1.camel@little>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:40:48 +0200
From: Monari Emanuele <email address hidden>
To: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#256192: fix for Alt-Tab problem in xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5

L=EC sabato, 2004/06/26 alle 23:04, -0500, Branden Robinson ha scritto:
> thanks

I think I'm and I will always a mere mortal user... Unlike you.... :)
Thank to all of you for your job!!!!
Cheers!
E.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#15

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:12:51 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Debian Devel Mailing List <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>
Subject: Re: fix for Alt-Tab problem in xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Branden Robinson wrote:

> I will be applying this fix to the SVN trunk before long; as the package
> release manager, it's Fabio's decision as to whether it makes it into -6
> or not.

I think there are no doubts that we need this fix for -6.

Fabio

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#16

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:02:56 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: This also affects Win+Tab

=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Hi,

In KDE, Win+Tab is often mapped to "Walk through desktops" (in the "KDE=20
Default for 4 Modifier Keys") and switches virtual desktops in the same=20
manner as Alt+Tab switches windows.

The behaviour of Win+Tab is buggy in exactly the same way as Alt+Tab (so I=
=20
don't think it makes sense to open a new bug).

The patch at http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff does fix the=
=20
behavior wrt Alt+Tab for me, but *not* wrt Win+Tab. I'm not familiar with=
=20
advanced X configs, so I can't propose a proper fix, but running
xmodmap -e 'clear mod4' -e 'add mod4 =3D Super_L'
does make Win+Tab work properly (until X is restarted, of course).

I hope this is of some help.

Cheers,
nate

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#17

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:46:40 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Incresing severity to avoid X entering sarge/testing

severity 255192 serious
stop

Per discussion with Branden on irc. Picking one of the many.

Fabio

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<user> fajita: step one
<fajita> Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log.
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#18

Message-Id: <20040628055237.CC87568C02C@localhost>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:52:37 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: tagging 254973

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.7.95.1
# fixed in Debian X Strike Force XFree86 repository; to view, run "svn diff -r 1586:1587 svn://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xfree86"
tags 254973 + pending

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#19

Message-Id: <1088410811.2593.13.camel@seb128>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:20:11 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: xlibs problems ...

tag 256594 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256594 serious
reassign 256594 xlibs
tag 256596 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256596 serious
reassign 256596 xlibs
merge 254973 256594 256596
thanks

These are dup of xlibs problem

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#20

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:24:10 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Win-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5

unmerge 255192
clone 255192 -1
merge 255192 255063
retitle -1 Win-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
tags -1 - fixed-upstream patch pending
thanks

On second thought, this should probably get it's own bug.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#24

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:48:36 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: patch for Win-Tab bug

=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Well, I made an educated (or maybe just lucky) guess, and came up with the=
=20
following patch, which fixes the Win-Tab problem for me. (Apply after the=
=20
alt_tab_fix patch.)

=2D --- pc 2004-06-28 12:14:38.000000000 -0400
+++ /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc 2004-06-28 12:16:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
modifier_map Mod1 { <META> };

key <SUPR> { [ NoSymbol, Super_L ] };
=2D - modifier_map Mod4 { <SUPR> };
+ modifier_map Mod4 { <SUPR>, <LWIN> };

key <HYPR> { [ NoSymbol, Hyper_L ] };
modifier_map Mod4 { <HYPR> };

I do not claim to fully understand what is going on here, but I think this=
=20
might be the correct fix (or it could just be nonsense that happens to have=
=20
the right side-effect).

Cheers,
nate

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-28:

#25

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:49:29 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>

tags 256706 + patch
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-29:

#26

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:52:15 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: re-merging 256706 to the others

tag 256706 fixed-upstream
tag 256706 upstream
tag 256706 pending
merge 256706 254973
stop

256706 is still the result of the same breakage. no need to keep it
separate from all the others.

Fabio

--
<user> fajita: step one
<fajita> Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log.
<user> fajita: step two
<fajita> When in danger or in doubt, step two is to scream and shout.

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Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione) wrote on 2004-06-29:

#27

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 6874.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-29:

#28

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:42:14 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: change submitter

submitter 256706 !
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http://www.houseofnate.net/
Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-29:

#29

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:59:12 +0200
From: Kevin Price <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: change submitter

submitter 256706 !
--
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http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x7A56501D
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-29:

#30

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:03:13 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Can you please clarify that this is really fixed?

Fabio wrote:
> 256706 is still the result of the same breakage. no need to keep it
> separate from all the others.

I'm afraid I'm no longer subscribed to debian-x, and the archive is at least a
week behind, so I don't know which is now the case:

a. A new patch has been pulled from upstream CVS (or similar) that also fixes
LWIN in addition to Tab.

b. The guess-based patch that I posted to this bug has been accepted.

c. Nothing has changed, but this bug is now merged with other fixed bugs, and
is now going to be ignored.

d. None of the above.

I wouldn't be so worried, but the quoted message leads me to suspect (c). I
hope I'm just being overly paranoid. Can someone please clarify? =)

Cheers,
nate

--
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http://www.houseofnate.net/
Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-29:

#31

Message-Id: <1088531750.23149.34.camel@seb128>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:55:50 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 256875 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256875 serious
reassign 256875 xlibs
merge 256875 254973
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-30:

#32

Message-Id: <1088581900.2481.7.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:51:40 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 256939 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256939 serious
reassign 256939 xlibs
merge 256939 254973
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-30:

#33

Message-Id: <1088620684.349.6.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:38:04 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 256875 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 256875 serious
reassign 256875 xlibs
merge 256875 254973
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-30:

#34

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:47:19 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: juan <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#256939: metacity: alt+tab does not work

reassign 256939 xlibs
severity 256939 serious
tags 256939 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 256939 254973
thanks

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 01:38:20 +0200, juan wrote:
> when using alt+tab you can cycle through windows but the window you
> select gets stuck with the list of windows sill open

See #254973 for analysis and a workaround.

Ray
--
People think I'm a nice guy, and the fact is that I'm a scheming, conniving
bastard who doesn't care for any hurt feelings or lost hours of work if it
just results in what I consider to be a better system.
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-06-30:

#35

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:49:42 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257044: gnome-core: Alt keys not being treated as meta keys

reassign 257044 xlibs
severity 257044 serious
tags 257044 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 257044 254973
thanks

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 14:11:20 -0500, Brett Smith wrote:
> This fix did the trick
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-02:

#36

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:12:58 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Dave Rolsky <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257305: metacity: Alt-Tab brings up popup, but won't switch to other apps

reassign 257305 xlibs
severity 257305 serious
tags 257305 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 257305 254973
thanks

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 11:52:12 -0500, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> I'm not sure whether or not this is a metaicty problem,

It isn't. See the log of #254973 for details and a workaround.

Ray
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-02:

#37

Message-Id: <1088795871.2362.65.camel@seb128>
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:17:51 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 257305 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 257305 serious
reassign 257305 xlibs
merge 257305 254973
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-03:

#38

Message-Id: <1088871899.25626.17.camel@seb128>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 18:24:59 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: Benjamin Schweizer <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257454: gnome-core: splash screens + desktop switcher
stays on top

clone 257454 -1
reassign 257454 xlibs
severity 257454 serious
tag 257454 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
retitle 257454 desktop switcher stays on top
merge 257454 254973
reassign -1 gnome-session
severity -1 normal
retitle -1 splash screen doesn't dissapear
merge -1 253729=20
thanks

Le sam, 03/07/2004 =E0 17:46 +0200, Benjamin Schweizer a =E9crit :

> The Gnome startup splash screen

That's already reported:
http://bugs.debian.org/253729

> That means that I can not switch tasks by pressing [alt]+[tab] or desktop=
s by [ctrl]+[alt]+[arrow-keys].

This bug is a xlibs bug, it has been reported several times and will be
fixed soon.

Here it is a fix from xfree's maintainer:

"A fix for this problem is available. It comes in the form of a diff
to=20
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc.

To apply this fix:

1) Retrieve the patch from
   <URL: http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff > or the
   attachment to this mail.
2) Save the patch someplace. I recommend /tmp.
3) Become root.
4) cd /
5) patch -p0 < /tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff
6) Go back to being a mere mortal user.
7) Restart your X session. Advanced users may simply reload their
   keymap using setxkbmap(1x) with the proper arguments."

Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-03:

#39

Message-Id: <1088890301.25626.23.camel@seb128>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:31:40 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 257498 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 257498 serious
reassign 257498 xlibs
merge 257498 254973
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-05:

#40

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:23:49 +0200
From: Tore Anderson <email address hidden>
To: John M Flinchbaugh <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#257294: desktop switcher stays visible

severity 257294 serious
reassign 257294 xlibs
merge 257294 254973
quit

* John M Flinchbaugh

> for a couple weeks now in gnome with openbox, the openbox's desktop
> switcher display that pops up when switching desktops
> (ctrl-alt-arrow keys) gets stuck in the foreground and won't go away
> until another key is pressed (usually ctrl). this locks out mouse
> activity until i get it to go away.
>
[...]
>
> since different wm's started doing it, i guess it could be an x
> thing, but i'm not sure to start, so i'm starting with openbox.
> thanks.

You're quite right; the problem is indeed XFree86's. It has already
been reported quite some times, and an updated release are pending
upload. I just merged your bug report with these (with the nonsense
commands near the top of this email - just ignore them), so you will
probably receive an email when the fixed package is uploaded.

In the interim, you may downgrade the "xlibs" package to the version
found in "testing" (4.3.0.dfsg.1-4), and it should be all back to
normal.

Regards,
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-07:

#41

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:30:14 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Javier Kohen <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258003: metacity: Alt-tab switches window but doesn't give focus

reassign 258003 xlibs
severity 258003 serious
tags 258003 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 258003 254973
thanks

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:12:10 -0300, Javier Kohen wrote:
> Since a recent upgrade (to XFree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5, I think) alt-tab stopped

Not a metacity issue; reported plenty of times already; known workarounds in
the BTS.
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-07:

#42

Message-Id: <1089188504.2409.11.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:21:44 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 258003 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 258003 serious
reassign 258003 xlibs
merge 258003 254973
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-07:

#43

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:29:37 +0200
From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: Benoit Plessis <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258054: metacity: Cycle window does not work anymore.

reassign 258054 xlibs
severity 258054 serious
tags 258054 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
merge 258054 254973
thanks

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 13:50:53 +0200, Benoit Plessis wrote:
> It seem metacity doesn't record the release event for the Alt key, this
> render the Alt-Tab ineffective

Yadda, yadda, yadda.
--
Frankly, I think anybody's a fool to put (Microsoft operating system
Windows) XP on their computer. It's like installing a continuous, 24-hour
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-07:

#44

Message-Id: <1089204975.2409.78.camel@seb128>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:56:15 +0200
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: dup for xlibs problem ...

tag 258054 + fixed-upstream patch pending sid upstream
severity 258054 serious
reassign 258054 xlibs
merge 258054 254973
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-07:

#45

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:38:18 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#254923: xserver-xfree86: [keyboard] alt key not working when starting from display
manager

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reassign 254923 xlibs
severity 254923 serious
merge 258054 254923
thanks

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 08:56:44PM +0200, txemi wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4
> Severity: important
>=20
> alt key does not work when I start X from display manager.

This is a duplicate of many other bugs.

A workaround for the problem is documented in the logs of most or all of
them.

The bug is in xlibs (XKB data), not the XFree86 X server or its keyboard
driver.

We expect the bug to be fixed in the next release.

Bug#258054: metacity: Cycle window does not work anymore.
Bug#254973: metacity: Alt-Tab doesn't works
Bug#255063: capplets: Problem with keyboard shortcuts containing <Alt>
Bug#255192: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Bug#255216: kwin: alt+tab does not work shen tab is released first
Bug#255332: kde: hangs when switching windows with alt+tab
Bug#255778: metacity: Desktop list doesn't disappear after switching deskto=
ps with <ctrl><alt>arrow
Bug#256192: xlibs: Alt_L is seen like a normal key instead a modifier [it]
Bug#256594: metacity: alt-tab doesn't change focus on release
Bug#256596: metacity: <Alt>Tab does not switch windows, other keybindings d=
oes
Bug#256706: Win-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Bug#256875: metacity: Alt-Tab fails to actually change windows
Bug#256939: metacity: alt+tab does not work
Bug#257044: gnome-core: Alt keys not being treated as meta keys
Bug#257294: desktop switcher stays visible
Bug#257305: metacity: Alt-Tab brings up popup, but won't switch to other ap=
ps
Bug#257454: desktop switcher stays on top
Bug#257498: capplets: Alt-Tab no longer working properly (Alt "sticking"?)
Bug#258003: metacity: Alt-tab switches window but doesn't give focus

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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:38:18 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
To: 254923-submitter@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#254923: xserver-xfree86: [keyboard] alt key not working when starting from display
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reassign 254923 xlibs
severity 254923 serious
merge 258054 254923
thanks

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 08:56:44PM +0200, txemi wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4
> Severity: important
>=20
> alt key does not work when I start X from display manager.

This is a duplicate of many other bugs.

A workaround for the problem is documented in the logs of most or all of
them.

The bug is in xlibs (XKB data), not the XFree86 X server or its keyboard
driver.

We expect the bug to be fixed in the next release.

Bug#258054: metacity: Cycle window does not work anymore.
Bug#254973: metacity: Alt-Tab doesn't works
Bug#255063: capplets: Problem with keyboard shortcuts containing <Alt>
Bug#255192: Alt-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Bug#255216: kwin: alt+tab does not work shen tab is released first
Bug#255332: kde: hangs when switching windows with alt+tab
Bug#255778: metacity: Desktop list doesn't disappear after switching deskto=
ps with <ctrl><alt>arrow
Bug#256192: xlibs: Alt_L is seen like a normal key instead a modifier [it]
Bug#256594: metacity: alt-tab doesn't change focus on release
Bug#256596: metacity: <Alt>Tab does not switch windows, other keybindings d=
oes
Bug#256706: Win-Tab switching broken in dfsg.1-5
Bug#256875: metacity: Alt-Tab fails to actually change windows
Bug#256939: metacity: alt+tab does not work
Bug#257044: gnome-core: Alt keys not being treated as meta keys
Bug#257294: desktop switcher stays visible
Bug#257305: metacity: Alt-Tab brings up popup, but won't switch to other ap=
ps
Bug#257454: desktop switcher stays on top
Bug#257498: capplets: Alt-Tab no longer working properly (Alt "sticking"?)
Bug#258003: metacity: Alt-tab switches window but doesn't give focus

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Debian GNU/Linux                   |    sex was dirty.  I said, "It is if
branden@debian.org                 |    you're doing it right."
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-08:

#46

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:01:27 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Unmerging and untagging

unmerge 256706
tag 256706 -pending
stop

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-09:

#47

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:26:33 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#256706: patch for Win-Tab bug

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 12:48:36PM -0400, Nathaniel W. Turner wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>=20
> Well, I made an educated (or maybe just lucky) guess, and came up with th=
e=20
> following patch, which fixes the Win-Tab problem for me. (Apply after th=
e=20
> alt_tab_fix patch.)
>=20
> - --- pc 2004-06-28 12:14:38.000000000 -0400
> +++ /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc 2004-06-28 12:16:12.000000000 -0400
> @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
> modifier_map Mod1 { <META> };
>=20
> key <SUPR> { [ NoSymbol, Super_L ] };
> - - modifier_map Mod4 { <SUPR> };
> + modifier_map Mod4 { <SUPR>, <LWIN> };
>=20
> key <HYPR> { [ NoSymbol, Hyper_L ] };
> modifier_map Mod4 { <HYPR> };
>=20
> I do not claim to fully understand what is going on here, but I think thi=
s=20
> might be the correct fix (or it could just be nonsense that happens to ha=
ve=20
> the right side-effect).

It's not nonsense, but I don't think it correct either. I strongly suspect
that this will screw things up for people who use <LWIN> for something
other than Super_L.

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Debian GNU/Linux | human stupidity.
<email address hidden> | -- Robert Heinlein
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Message-ID: <20040708232633.GE6275@redwald.deadbeast.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:26:33 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
To: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <nate@houseofnate.net>,
	256706@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#256706: patch for Win-Tab bug

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 12:48:36PM -0400, Nathaniel W. Turner wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>=20
> Well, I made an educated (or maybe just lucky) guess, and came up with th=
e=20
> following patch, which fixes the Win-Tab problem for me.  (Apply after th=
e=20
> alt_tab_fix patch.)
>=20
> - --- pc  2004-06-28 12:14:38.000000000 -0400
> +++ /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc  2004-06-28 12:16:12.000000000 -0400
> @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
>      modifier_map Mod1   { <META> };
>=20
>      key <SUPR> {       [ NoSymbol, Super_L     ]       };
> - -    modifier_map Mod4   { <SUPR> };
> +    modifier_map Mod4   { <SUPR>, <LWIN> };
>=20
>      key <HYPR> {       [ NoSymbol, Hyper_L     ]       };
>      modifier_map Mod4   { <HYPR> };
>=20
> I do not claim to fully understand what is going on here, but I think thi=
s=20
> might be the correct fix (or it could just be nonsense that happens to ha=
ve=20
> the right side-effect).

It's not nonsense, but I don't think it correct either.  I strongly suspect
that this will screw things up for people who use <LWIN> for something
other than Super_L.

--=20
G. Branden Robinson                |      Never underestimate the power of
Debian GNU/Linux                   |      human stupidity.
branden@debian.org                 |      -- Robert Heinlein
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-09:

#48

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:37:04 -0400
From: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>
To: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#256706: patch for Win-Tab bug

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> It's not nonsense, but I don't think it correct either. I strongly suspe=
ct
> that this will screw things up for people who use <LWIN> for something
> other than Super_L.

Yeah, I believe you're right. In KDE just pressing and releasing LWIN used=
to=20
open the K-Menu. This no longer works on this box with my patch (but it do=
es=20
work on a similar system where xlibs has been held at an older version).
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-09:

#49

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:43:26 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <email address hidden>,
<email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#256706: patch for Win-Tab bug

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retitle 256706 xlibs: Win+Tab switching broken in many window managers
# this bug is not fixed ustream, applicable to experimental, nor does it
# have a usable patch
tag 256706 =3D upstream help
thanks

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 07:37:04PM -0400, Nathaniel W. Turner wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>=20
> On Thursday 08 July 2004 07:26 pm, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > It's not nonsense, but I don't think it correct either. I strongly sus=
pect
> > that this will screw things up for people who use <LWIN> for something
> > other than Super_L.
>=20
> Yeah, I believe you're right. In KDE just pressing and releasing LWIN us=
ed to=20
> open the K-Menu. This no longer works on this box with my patch (but it =
does=20
> work on a similar system where xlibs has been held at an older version).

I'm not sure I made myself clear; I'm saying the proposed fix isn't right
either, not because it doesn't fix KDE (which I would have expected,
actually), but because it would force a certain modifier to be bound to
<LWIN> even for people who wanted a different modifier bound to that key.

I have mailed Ivan Pascal, a well-known XKB guru, and pleaded with him for
assistance. So far he hasn't replied yet, but I'm hopeful.

--=20
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Debian GNU/Linux | Ignorantia judicis est calamitas
<email address hidden> | innocentis.
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Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:43:26 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
To: "Nathaniel W. Turner" <nate@houseofnate.net>,
	control@bugs.debian.org
Cc: 256706-submitter@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#256706: patch for Win-Tab bug

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retitle 256706 xlibs: Win+Tab switching broken in many window managers
# this bug is not fixed ustream, applicable to experimental, nor does it
# have a usable patch
tag 256706 =3D upstream help
thanks

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 07:37:04PM -0400, Nathaniel W. Turner wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>=20
> On Thursday 08 July 2004 07:26 pm, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > It's not nonsense, but I don't think it correct either.  I strongly sus=
pect
> > that this will screw things up for people who use <LWIN> for something
> > other than Super_L.
>=20
> Yeah, I believe you're right.  In KDE just pressing and releasing LWIN us=
ed to=20
> open the K-Menu.  This no longer works on this box with my patch (but it =
does=20
> work on a similar system where xlibs has been held at an older version).

I'm not sure I made myself clear; I'm saying the proposed fix isn't right
either, not because it doesn't fix KDE (which I would have expected,
actually), but because it would force a certain modifier to be bound to
<LWIN> even for people who wanted a different modifier bound to that key.

I have mailed Ivan Pascal, a well-known XKB guru, and pleaded with him for
assistance.  So far he hasn't replied yet, but I'm hopeful.

--=20
G. Branden Robinson                |
Debian GNU/Linux                   |      Ignorantia judicis est calamitas
branden@debian.org                 |      innocentis.
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-28:

#50

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:52:22 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: severity of 259740 is serious, merging 259740 256706

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.7.95.1
severity 259740 serious
merge 259740 256706

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-07-28:

#51

*** Bug 7183 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-08-12:

#52

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:06:29 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#260232: xterm: XTerm*metaSendsEscape no longer working

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retitle 256706 xlibs: attaching multiple modifiers to the same key wreaks h=
avoc; breaks Win+Tab switching in many window managers
retitle 260232 xlibs: modifier madness breaks XTerm*metaSendsEscape
reassign 260232 xlibs
severity 260232 serious
merge 256706 260232

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:41:23AM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote:
> Hi,
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 01:39:40AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Try downgrading xlibs to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4.
> >=20
> > If that fixes it, this bug is the probably the same as #256706.
> Downgrading to the above version "fixes" it.

Thanks for the feedback!

I'm merging this bug with an identical issue.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-08-13:

#53

*** Bug 7416 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-08-22:

#54

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:54:19 -0500
From: Branden Robinson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: severity of 263073 is serious, severity of 263076 is normal, merging 256706 263073

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.8.4
severity 263073 serious
severity 263076 normal
merge 256706 263073

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-08-22:

#55

*** Bug 7558 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-08-25:

#56

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:24:36 +0200
From: <email address hidden> (Denis Barbier)
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: About xmodmap and BadKey

Wrong xmodmap display was fixed in xfree86/programs/xmodmap/exec.c r 1.6
date: 2003/12/02 13:13:57; author: pascal; state: Exp; lines: +15 -4
634. Fix xmodmap's output of the modifiers map when the first column keysym
is empty (Ivan Pascal).

Denis

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-08-26:

#57

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:29:55 +0300
From: "AKL. Mantas Kriauciunas" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Patch exist for bug 256706 - please remove upstream tag and apply patch :)

Hi,

Denis Barbier <email address hidden> wrote:
>Wrong xmodmap display was fixed in xfree86/programs/xmodmap/exec.c r 1.6
> date: 2003/12/02 13:13:57; author: pascal; state: Exp; lines: +15 -4
> 634. Fix xmodmap's output of the modifiers map when the first column
> keysym is empty (Ivan Pascal).

It seems serious bug #256706 can be solved :) It would be nice to see
updated packages ASAP - xlibs in sarge are outdated and contains lots of
important bugs :(

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#58

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:49:07 +0200
From: <email address hidden> (Denis Barbier)
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Patch to solve XKB mess about modifiers

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tags 256706 + patch
thanks

The bugs described in these merged bugreports were fixed upstream, see
http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/CHANGELOG
(numbers slightly differs in XFree86 CVS logs and Debian changelogs):
646. Fix for XKB map 'altwin' to avoid one keysym to more than one modifier
      mapping (Ivan Pascal).
635. Fix xmodmap's output of the modifiers map when the first column keysym
      is empty (Ivan Pascal).
634. Fixes for XKB keyboard maps:
      - fix Meta, Super, Hyper keysyms interpretation
      - fix typo in rules/xfree86.xml (Ivan Pascal).

Oddly debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD_xkb_data.diff contains 634,
but not the other 2 chunks. The missing pieces are in modifiers.patch.
I checked that when applied, xmodmap displays the right modifiers and
Meta_L is no more bound to Mod1.

Few days later, Ivan Pascal committed (attached in none.patch)
667. Fixes and updates for XKB keyboard maps:
...
- Fix wrong key type in the 'keymap without special keys' (Ivan Pascal).
I do not know what this does fix, but it looks pretty sane, maybe it
should go also.

Denis

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Index: programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin 10 Oct 2001 19:18:32 -0000 1.4
+++ programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin 3 Dec 2003 14:09:08 -0000 1.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v 1.4 2001/10/10 19:18:32 herrb Exp $
+// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v 1.5 2003/12/03 14:09:08 pascal Exp $

partial modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "meta_alt" {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     key <LWIN> { [ Meta_L ] };
     key <RWIN> { [ Meta_R ] };
     modifier_map Mod1 { Alt_L, Alt_R };
- modifier_map Mod4 { Meta_L, Meta_R };
+ modifier_map Mod4 { <META>, Meta_L, Meta_R };
};

partial modifier_keys
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     key <LALT> { [ Alt_L, Alt_L ] };
     key <LWIN> { [ Meta_L ] };
     modifier_map Mod1 { Alt_L };
- modifier_map Mod4 { Meta_L };
+ modifier_map Mod4 { <META>, Meta_L };
};

partial modifier_keys
Index: programs/xmodmap/exec.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- programs/xmodmap/exec.c 14 Dec 2001 20:02:13 -0000 1.5
+++ programs/xmodmap/exec.c 2 Dec 2003 13:13:57 -0000 1.6
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * Author: Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium; derived from parts of the
  * original xmodmap, written by David Rosenthal, of Sun Microsystems.
  */
-/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xmodmap/...

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:49:07 +0200
From: barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)
To: 256706@bugs.debian.org
Cc: control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Patch to solve XKB mess about modifiers

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tags 256706 + patch
thanks

The bugs described in these merged bugreports were fixed upstream, see
http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/CHANGELOG
(numbers slightly differs in XFree86 CVS logs and Debian changelogs):
 646. Fix for XKB map 'altwin' to avoid one keysym to more than one modifier
      mapping (Ivan Pascal).
 635. Fix xmodmap's output of the modifiers map when the first column keysym
      is empty (Ivan Pascal).
 634. Fixes for XKB keyboard maps:
      - fix Meta, Super, Hyper keysyms interpretation
      - fix typo in rules/xfree86.xml (Ivan Pascal).

Oddly debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD_xkb_data.diff contains 634,
but not the other 2 chunks.  The missing pieces are in modifiers.patch.
I checked that when applied, xmodmap displays the right modifiers and
Meta_L is no more bound to Mod1.

Few days later, Ivan Pascal committed (attached in none.patch)
 667. Fixes and updates for XKB keyboard maps:
      ...
      - Fix wrong key type in the 'keymap without special keys' (Ivan Pascal).
I do not know what this does fix, but it looks pretty sane, maybe it
should go also.

Denis

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Index: programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin	10 Oct 2001 19:18:32 -0000	1.4
+++ programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin	3 Dec 2003 14:09:08 -0000	1.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v 1.4 2001/10/10 19:18:32 herrb Exp $
+// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v 1.5 2003/12/03 14:09:08 pascal Exp $
 
 partial modifier_keys 
 xkb_symbols "meta_alt" {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     key <LWIN> {	[ 	Meta_L			]	};
     key <RWIN> {	[ 	Meta_R			]	};
     modifier_map Mod1	{ Alt_L, Alt_R };
-    modifier_map Mod4	{ Meta_L, Meta_R };
+    modifier_map Mod4	{ <META>, Meta_L, Meta_R };
 };
 
 partial modifier_keys 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     key <LALT> {	[ 	Alt_L,	Alt_L		]	};
     key <LWIN> {	[ 	Meta_L			]	};
     modifier_map Mod1	{ Alt_L };
-    modifier_map Mod4	{ Meta_L };
+    modifier_map Mod4	{ <META>, Meta_L };
 };
 
 partial modifier_keys 
Index: programs/xmodmap/exec.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- programs/xmodmap/exec.c	14 Dec 2001 20:02:13 -0000	1.5
+++ programs/xmodmap/exec.c	2 Dec 2003 13:13:57 -0000	1.6
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * Author:  Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium; derived from parts of the
  * original xmodmap, written by David Rosenthal, of Sun Microsystems.
  */
-/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c,v 1.5 2001/12/14 20:02:13 dawes Exp $ */
+/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c,v 1.6 2003/12/02 13:13:57 pascal Exp $ */
 
 #include <X11/Xos.h>
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
@@ -212,8 +212,13 @@
 PrintModifierMapping(XModifierKeymap *map, FILE *fp)
 {
     int i, k = 0;
+    int min_keycode, max_keycode, keysyms_per_keycode = 0;
 
-    fprintf (fp, 
+    XDisplayKeycodes (dpy, &min_keycode, &max_keycode);
+    XGetKeyboardMapping (dpy, min_keycode, (max_keycode - min_keycode + 1),
+			 &keysyms_per_keycode);
+
+    fprintf (fp,
     	     "%s:  up to %d keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):\n\n", 
     	     ProgramName, map->max_keypermod);
     for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
@@ -222,8 +227,14 @@
 	fprintf(fp, "%-10s", modifier_table[i].name);
 	for (j = 0; j < map->max_keypermod; j++) {
 	    if (map->modifiermap[k]) {
-		KeySym ks = XKeycodeToKeysym(dpy, map->modifiermap[k], 0);
-		char *nm = XKeysymToString(ks);
+		KeySym ks;
+		int index = 0;
+		char *nm;
+		do {
+		    ks = XKeycodeToKeysym(dpy, map->modifiermap[k], index);
+		    index++;
+		} while ( !ks && index < keysyms_per_keycode);
+		nm = XKeysymToString(ks);
 
 		fprintf (fp, "%s  %s (0x%0x)", (j > 0 ? "," : ""), 
 			 (nm ? nm : "BadKey"), map->modifiermap[k]);

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Index: programs/xkbcomp/expr.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c,v
retrieving revision 3.7
retrieving revision 3.8
diff -u -r3.7 -r3.8
--- programs/xkbcomp/expr.c	6 Aug 2003 14:04:05 -0000	3.7
+++ programs/xkbcomp/expr.c	18 Dec 2003 14:14:37 -0000	3.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
  ********************************************************/
-/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c,v 3.7 2003/08/06 14:04:05 eich Exp $ */
+/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c,v 3.8 2003/12/18 14:14:37 pascal Exp $ */
 
 #include "xkbcomp.h"
 #include "tokens.h"
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
 	{	"mod3",		Mod3MapIndex	},
 	{	"mod4",		Mod4MapIndex	},
 	{	"mod5",		Mod5MapIndex	},
+	{	"none",		XkbNoModifier	},
 	{	NULL,		0		}
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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-08-28:

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:10:56 +0200
From: <email address hidden> (Denis Barbier)
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Subject: Re: Patch to solve XKB mess about modifiers

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Here are the same patches ready to be committed; programs/xkbcomp/expr.c
3.7 was added for convenience.

Denis

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Index: debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD_xkb_data.diff
===================================================================
--- debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD_xkb_data.diff (revision 1760)
+++ debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD_xkb_data.diff (working copy)
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@
[...]
[Ivan Pascal]

+xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin @ 1.5
+ 646. Fix for XKB map 'altwin' to avoid one keysym to more than one modifier
+ mapping (Ivan Pascal).
+
xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/us @ 1.7
    667. Fixes and updates for XKB keyboard maps:
         - Add to 'us' keymap backslash key that can be rewritten in other layouts
@@ -2530,6 +2534,38 @@
-
+ include "level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"
  };
+Index: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v
+retrieving revision 1.4
+retrieving revision 1.5
+diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
+--- xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin 10 Oct 2001 19:18:32 -0000 1.4
++++ xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin 3 Dec 2003 14:09:08 -0000 1.5
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v 1.4 2001/10/10 19:18:32 herrb Exp $
++// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v 1.5 2003/12/03 14:09:08 pascal Exp $
+
+ partial modifier_keys
+ xkb_symbols "meta_alt" {
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+ key <LWIN> { [ Meta_L ] };
+ key <RWIN> { [ Meta_R ] };
+ modifier_map Mod1 { Alt_L, Alt_R };
+- modifier_map Mod4 { Meta_L, Meta_R };
++ modifier_map Mod4 { <META>, Meta_L, Meta_R };
+ };
+
+ partial modifier_keys
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+ key <LALT> { [ Alt_L, Alt_L ] };
+ key <LWIN> { [ Meta_L ] };
+ modifier_map Mod1 { Alt_L };
+- modifier_map Mod4 { Meta_L };
++ modifier_map Mod4 { <META>, Meta_L };
+ };
+
+ partial modifier_keys
Index: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/am
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/am,v
Index: debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff
===================================================================
--- debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff (revision 1760)
+++ debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff (working copy)
@@ -608,6 +608,18 @@
   Fix manual pages typos (Bugzilla #316, Jens Schweikhardt).
[Matthieu Herrb]

+xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c @ 1.6
+ 634. Fix xmodmap's output of the modifiers map when the first column keysym
+ is empty (Ivan Pascal).
+
+xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c @ 3.7
+ 351. Fixed string octal number parsing and string to int conversion for "\00"
+ in xkbcomp (BugzillaR #553, Egbert E...

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To: 256706@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Patch to solve XKB mess about modifiers

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Here are the same patches ready to be committed; programs/xkbcomp/expr.c
3.7 was added for convenience.

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Index: debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD_xkb_data.diff
===================================================================
--- debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD_xkb_data.diff	(revision 1760)
+++ debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD_xkb_data.diff	(working copy)
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@
         [...]
   [Ivan Pascal]
 
+xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin @ 1.5
+   646. Fix for XKB map 'altwin' to avoid one keysym to more than one modifier
+        mapping (Ivan Pascal).
+
 xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/us @ 1.7
    667. Fixes and updates for XKB keyboard maps:
         - Add to 'us' keymap backslash key that can be rewritten in other layouts
@@ -2530,6 +2534,38 @@
 -
 +    include "level3(ralt_switch_multikey)"
  };
+Index: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v
+retrieving revision 1.4
+retrieving revision 1.5
+diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
+--- xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin	10 Oct 2001 19:18:32 -0000	1.4
++++ xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin	3 Dec 2003 14:09:08 -0000	1.5
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v 1.4 2001/10/10 19:18:32 herrb Exp $
++// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/altwin,v 1.5 2003/12/03 14:09:08 pascal Exp $
+ 
+ partial modifier_keys 
+ xkb_symbols "meta_alt" {
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+     key <LWIN> {	[ 	Meta_L			]	};
+     key <RWIN> {	[ 	Meta_R			]	};
+     modifier_map Mod1	{ Alt_L, Alt_R };
+-    modifier_map Mod4	{ Meta_L, Meta_R };
++    modifier_map Mod4	{ <META>, Meta_L, Meta_R };
+ };
+ 
+ partial modifier_keys 
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+     key <LALT> {	[ 	Alt_L,	Alt_L		]	};
+     key <LWIN> {	[ 	Meta_L			]	};
+     modifier_map Mod1	{ Alt_L };
+-    modifier_map Mod4	{ Meta_L };
++    modifier_map Mod4	{ <META>, Meta_L };
+ };
+ 
+ partial modifier_keys 
 Index: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/am
 ===================================================================
 RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/am,v
Index: debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff
===================================================================
--- debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff	(revision 1760)
+++ debian/patches/000_stolen_from_HEAD.diff	(working copy)
@@ -608,6 +608,18 @@
   Fix manual pages typos (Bugzilla #316, Jens Schweikhardt).
 [Matthieu Herrb]
 
+xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c @ 1.6
+  634. Fix xmodmap's output of the modifiers map when the first column keysym
+       is empty (Ivan Pascal).
+
+xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c @ 3.7
+  351. Fixed string octal number parsing and string to int conversion for "\00"
+       in xkbcomp (BugzillaR #553, Egbert Eich).
+xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c @ 3.8
+  Add "modifier_map none" syntax to remove modifier bindings from the
+  specified key.  [Ivan Pascal]
+
+
 diff -urN xc.orig/config/imake/imake.c xc/config/imake/imake.c
 --- xc.orig/config/imake/imake.c	2002-12-17 09:48:27.000000000 +1100
 +++ xc/config/imake/imake.c	2003-04-09 01:58:14.000000000 +1000
@@ -23491,3 +23503,97 @@
  and serving as an example for XTrap functionality, it can reasonably used as
  a primitive "playback" client for X sessions.
  .LP
+Index: xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c,v
+retrieving revision 1.5
+retrieving revision 1.6
+diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
+--- xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c	14 Dec 2001 20:02:13 -0000	1.5
++++ xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c	2 Dec 2003 13:13:57 -0000	1.6
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
+  * Author:  Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium; derived from parts of the
+  * original xmodmap, written by David Rosenthal, of Sun Microsystems.
+  */
+-/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c,v 1.5 2001/12/14 20:02:13 dawes Exp $ */
++/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xmodmap/exec.c,v 1.6 2003/12/02 13:13:57 pascal Exp $ */
+ 
+ #include <X11/Xos.h>
+ #include <X11/Xlib.h>
+@@ -212,8 +212,13 @@
+ PrintModifierMapping(XModifierKeymap *map, FILE *fp)
+ {
+     int i, k = 0;
++    int min_keycode, max_keycode, keysyms_per_keycode = 0;
+ 
+-    fprintf (fp, 
++    XDisplayKeycodes (dpy, &min_keycode, &max_keycode);
++    XGetKeyboardMapping (dpy, min_keycode, (max_keycode - min_keycode + 1),
++			 &keysyms_per_keycode);
++
++    fprintf (fp,
+     	     "%s:  up to %d keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):\n\n", 
+     	     ProgramName, map->max_keypermod);
+     for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+@@ -222,8 +227,14 @@
+ 	fprintf(fp, "%-10s", modifier_table[i].name);
+ 	for (j = 0; j < map->max_keypermod; j++) {
+ 	    if (map->modifiermap[k]) {
+-		KeySym ks = XKeycodeToKeysym(dpy, map->modifiermap[k], 0);
+-		char *nm = XKeysymToString(ks);
++		KeySym ks;
++		int index = 0;
++		char *nm;
++		do {
++		    ks = XKeycodeToKeysym(dpy, map->modifiermap[k], index);
++		    index++;
++		} while ( !ks && index < keysyms_per_keycode);
++		nm = XKeysymToString(ks);
+ 
+ 		fprintf (fp, "%s  %s (0x%0x)", (j > 0 ? "," : ""), 
+ 			 (nm ? nm : "BadKey"), map->modifiermap[k]);
+Index: xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c,v
+retrieving revision 3.6
+retrieving revision 3.8
+diff -u -r3.6 -r3.8
+--- xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c	5 Jun 2002 00:00:37 -0000	3.6
++++ xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c	18 Dec 2003 14:14:37 -0000	3.8
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+  THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ 
+  ********************************************************/
+-/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c,v 3.6 2002/06/05 00:00:37 dawes Exp $ */
++/* $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/expr.c,v 3.8 2003/12/18 14:14:37 pascal Exp $ */
+ 
+ #include "xkbcomp.h"
+ #include "tokens.h"
+@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
+ 	{	"mod3",		Mod3MapIndex	},
+ 	{	"mod4",		Mod4MapIndex	},
+ 	{	"mod5",		Mod5MapIndex	},
++	{	"none",		XkbNoModifier	},
+ 	{	NULL,		0		}
+ };
+ 
+@@ -569,9 +570,16 @@
+ 	    if (expr->type==TypeString) {
+ 		register char *str;
+ 		str= XkbAtomGetString(NULL,expr->value.str);
+-		if ((str!=None)&&(strlen(str)==1)) {
+-		    val_rtrn->uval= str[0];
+-		    return True;
++		if (str!=None)
++		    switch (strlen(str)) {
++			case 0:
++			    val_rtrn->uval= 0;
++			    return True;
++			case 1:
++			    val_rtrn->uval= str[0];
++			    return True;
++			default:
++			    break;
+ 		}
+ 	    }
+ 	    if ((expr->type!=TypeInt)&&(expr->type!=TypeFloat)) {
Index: debian/patches/087_xkb_fix_altwin.diff
===================================================================
--- debian/patches/087_xkb_fix_altwin.diff	(revision 1760)
+++ debian/patches/087_xkb_fix_altwin.diff	(working copy)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
      key <LWIN> {	[ 	Meta_L			]	};
      key <RWIN> {	[ 	Meta_R			]	};
 -    modifier_map Mod1	{ Alt_L, Alt_R };
-     modifier_map Mod4	{ Meta_L, Meta_R };
+     modifier_map Mod4	{ <META>, Meta_L, Meta_R };
  };
  
  partial modifier_keys 
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 -    key <LALT> {	[ 	Alt_L,	Alt_L		]	};
      key <LWIN> {	[ 	Meta_L			]	};
 -    modifier_map Mod1	{ Alt_L };
-     modifier_map Mod4	{ Meta_L };
+     modifier_map Mod4	{ <META>, Meta_L };
  };

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-09-09:

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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:47:25 -0700
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reopen 259740
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This bug still occurs in the latest version.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote on 2004-09-09:

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Subject: Closing.

Hi,
you are more than welcome to reopen RC bugs, but please add
information on why. Failing to do so makes me feel that you did not bother
to read the contents of the different bugs, that explain (inclusing
upstream notes) that the behaviour of the keys will not be fully reverted
to avoid reintroducing other bugs.

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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:20:27 +0200
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To: Scott Robinson <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
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Subject: Re: Bug#259740: Fw:Bug#259740: xlibs: Windows key no longer treated as modifer,
just as Super_L

unmerge 259740
reopen 259740
severity 259740 normal
tags 259740 - patch
thanks

Rationale: This bugreport was merged with others; some issues are fixed,
but others like this one are still under discussion.

On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 08:37:00AM -0700, Scott Robinson wrote:
> -- 1
> xmodmap: up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
>
> shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
> lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
> control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
> mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_L (0x7d), Meta_L (0x9c)
> mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
> mod3
> mod4 Super_L (0x7f), Hyper_L (0x80)
> mod5 Mode_switch (0x5d), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)
> -- 1
>
> -- 2
>
> -- 2
> (nothing outputs from 'xkbcomp :0')

I asked you to send the generated server-0.xkb file, but Sebastien
Bacher told me on IRC how to reproduce this bug, so this is no more
necessary.

> 3. As for the altwin:meta_win, that is not what I want. I want the Windows
> key to be a modifier other than Meta. My alt key is already Meta, and that's
> just fine.
>
> If the modifier was Mod4, that would be best. If it is something else, I
> could handle that too. Right now, it appears the key is simultaneously Mod4
> and a normal keypress.

I ran
  $ METACITY_VERBOSE=1 METACITY_USE_LOGFILE=1 \
       METACITY_DEBUG_BUTTON_GRABS=1 metacity
then launched
  $ gnome-keybinding-properties
and changed switching between windows by trying to map this action
to Super_L+Tab (as I tried several times, it may not have the
default value).
The log file contains (my comments are prefixed by a dash sign)
  Window manager: Metacity version 2.8.1 running on 09.09.2004
  ...
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding "switch_windows" has new gconf value "Super_L"
  KEYBINDINGS: New keybinding for "switch_windows" is keysym = 0xffeb mods = 0x0
# xev tells that Super_L is indeed 0xffeb, but modifiers are 0x40.
# this output means that the Super_L key is pressed without modifiers,
# so in fact it is not seen as a modifier, see <Alt>Tab below for
# another example.
  ...
  SM: Initializing session with save file '(none)'
  SM: Obtained session ID 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
  Window manager: Opening display ':0.0'
  KEYBINDINGS: Display has keycode range 8 to 255
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Alt_L bound to modifier 0x8
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Meta_L bound to modifier 0x8
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Alt_L bound to modifier 0x8
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Meta_L bound to modifier 0x8
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Num_Lock bound to modifier 0x10
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Pointer_EnableKeys bound to modifier 0x10
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Super_L bound to modifier 0x40
# as said above, so this binding is correct here
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Hyper_L bound to modifier 0x40
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Mode_switch bound to modifier 0x80
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym ISO_Level3_Shif...

Message-ID: <20040909232027.GE10665@linuxfr.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:20:27 +0200
From: barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)
To: Scott Robinson <scott@quadhome.com>, 259740@bugs.debian.org
Cc: control@bugs.debian.org, debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#259740: Fw:Bug#259740: xlibs: Windows key no longer treated as modifer,
	just as Super_L

unmerge 259740
reopen 259740
severity 259740 normal
tags 259740 - patch
thanks

Rationale: This bugreport was merged with others; some issues are fixed,
 but others like this one are still under discussion.

On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 08:37:00AM -0700, Scott Robinson wrote:
> -- 1
> xmodmap:  up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
> 
> shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
> lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
> control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x6d)
> mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Alt_L (0x7d),  Meta_L (0x9c)
> mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
> mod3      
> mod4        Super_L (0x7f),  Hyper_L (0x80)
> mod5        Mode_switch (0x5d),  ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)
> -- 1
> 
> -- 2
> 
> -- 2
> (nothing outputs from 'xkbcomp :0')

I asked you to send the generated server-0.xkb file, but Sebastien
Bacher told me on IRC how to reproduce this bug, so this is no more
necessary.

> 3. As for the altwin:meta_win, that is not what I want. I want the Windows
> key to be a modifier other than Meta. My alt key is already Meta, and that's
> just fine.
> 
> If the modifier was Mod4, that would be best. If it is something else, I
> could handle that too. Right now, it appears the key is simultaneously Mod4
> and a normal keypress.

I ran
  $ METACITY_VERBOSE=1 METACITY_USE_LOGFILE=1 \
       METACITY_DEBUG_BUTTON_GRABS=1 metacity
then launched
  $ gnome-keybinding-properties
and changed switching between windows by trying to map this action
to Super_L+Tab (as I tried several times, it may not have the
default value).
The log file contains (my comments are prefixed by a dash sign)
  Window manager: Metacity version 2.8.1 running on 09.09.2004 
  ...
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding "switch_windows" has new gconf value "Super_L"
  KEYBINDINGS: New keybinding for "switch_windows" is keysym = 0xffeb mods = 0x0
#   xev tells that Super_L is indeed 0xffeb, but modifiers are 0x40.
#   this output means that the Super_L key is pressed without modifiers,
#   so in fact it is not seen as a modifier, see <Alt>Tab below for
#   another example.
  ...
  SM: Initializing session with save file '(none)'
  SM: Obtained session ID 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
  Window manager: Opening display ':0.0'
  KEYBINDINGS: Display has keycode range 8 to 255
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Alt_L bound to modifier 0x8
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Meta_L bound to modifier 0x8
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Alt_L bound to modifier 0x8
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Meta_L bound to modifier 0x8
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Num_Lock bound to modifier 0x10
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Pointer_EnableKeys bound to modifier 0x10
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Super_L bound to modifier 0x40
#   as said above, so this binding is correct here
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Hyper_L bound to modifier 0x40
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym Mode_switch bound to modifier 0x80
  KEYBINDINGS: Keysym ISO_Level3_Shift bound to modifier 0x80
  KEYBINDINGS: Ignoring modmask 0x12 num lock 0x10 scroll lock 0x0 hyper 0x40 super 0x40 meta 0x8
#   hey, is this message normal? are these modifiers all ignored?
  KEYBINDINGS: Rebuilding window binding table from preferences
  KEYBINDINGS:  11 bindings in table
  KEYBINDINGS: Rebuilding screen binding table from preferences
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding switch_windows also needs Shift grabbed
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding switch_panels also needs Shift grabbed
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding cycle_windows also needs Shift grabbed
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding cycle_panels also needs Shift grabbed
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding cycle_panels_backward also needs Shift grabbed
  KEYBINDINGS:  19 bindings in table
  KEYBINDINGS: Reloading keycodes for binding tables
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xc0 -> 0xc (switch_to_workspace_left)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xc0 -> 0xc (switch_to_workspace_right)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xc0 -> 0xc (switch_to_workspace_up)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xc0 -> 0xc (switch_to_workspace_down)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0x0 -> 0x0 (switch_windows)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0x20 -> 0x1 (switch_windows)
  ...
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding "switch_windows" has new gconf value "Super_L"
  KEYBINDINGS: New keybinding for "switch_windows" is keysym = 0xffeb mods = 0x0
#   err, maybe mods is null because this modifier was ignored?
  ...
#   now let's define it to <Alt>Tab
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding "switch_windows" has new gconf value "<Alt>Tab"
  KEYBINDINGS: New keybinding for "switch_windows" is keysym = 0xff09 mods = 0x80
#   okay, 0xff09 is <Tab> (see keysymdef.h), and see below why mods
#   is 0x80 and not 0x8
  ...
  KEYBINDINGS: Rebuilding screen binding table from preferences
  KEYBINDINGS: Binding switch_windows also needs Shift grabbed
  ...
  KEYBINDINGS: Reloading keycodes for binding tables
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xc0 -> 0xc (switch_to_workspace_left)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xc0 -> 0xc (switch_to_workspace_right)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xc0 -> 0xc (switch_to_workspace_up)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xc0 -> 0xc (switch_to_workspace_down)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0x80 -> 0x8 (switch_windows)
  KEYBINDINGS:  Devirtualized mods 0xa0 -> 0x9 (switch_windows)
#   so here is how <Alt>Tab works.

To me, it looks like the line
  KEYBINDINGS: Ignoring modmask 0x12 num lock 0x10 scroll lock 0x0 hyper 0x40 super 0x40 meta 0x8 
is the root of this problem, ie. why Super keys do not work.

This bug was introduced by changes in xlibs, and upstream asserted that
he won't revert these changes because they are necessary for other
purposes, so we should try to help GNOME developers to see how this bug
can be fixed.  I see 2 ways: either find why Super keys are ignored,
or hack GNOME keyboard selector to map modifiers to different values.
The former is the best solution, but I am unable to help here.
Are there GNOME developers who are willing to debug this issue?

Denis

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2006-09-27

Changed in xorg:
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xorg (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #256706
	xorg (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Fabio Massimo Di Nitto

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