tags 242987 + patch thanks On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 01:08:58AM -0400, John V. Belmonte wrote: > Package: xfree86-common > Version: 4.3.0-7 > Severity: normal > > I'm not confident if this is a bug, or if I've chosen the correct package. > In any case, some package that has entered testing during the past week > or so has caused my keyboard to behave badly under XFree86. Namely, > when caps-lock is enabled, the shift key fails to produce the expected > symbols on non-alphabetic keys. For example, Shift-5 yields '5' rather > than '%'. The alphabetic keys work as expected (Shift-A yields 'a'). The > console works correctly. > > I'm using a Dvorak layout and Japanese keyboard.
Hi, here is the upstream fix (latest chunk has been removed since it is unrelated). I tested it and it works, but please confirm that it also works for you. Denis
Index: dvorak =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/dvorak,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- dvorak 26 Nov 2002 01:43:25 -0000 1.1 +++ dvorak 19 Apr 2003 12:22:11 -0000 1.2 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ // based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/dk' file // -// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/dvorak,v 1.1 2002/11/26 01:43:25 dawes Exp $ +// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/dvorak,v 1.2 2003/04/19 12:22:11 pascal Exp $ partial default alphanumeric_keys xkb_symbols "basic" { @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ name[Group1]= "Dvorak"; // Alphanumeric section - key.type[Group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC"; key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde, dead_grave, dead_tilde ] };