This appears to affect anything which uses XTestFakeKeyEvent. For example, I use KeePassX, a password database with auto-type functionality (apparently implemented with XTestFakeKeyEvent). My keyboard is set to United Kingdom, yet when I use auto-type with (for example) a username including an ampersand (some...@somewhere.org) the ampersand becomes a double-quote (i.e. it enters someone"somewhere.org instead - the double-quote on a US keyboard is where the ampersand is on a UK keyboard). From reading a couple of forum posts it would appear Synergy (a cross-platform keyboard/mouse sharing application) is affected as well.
The "setxkbmap" workaround mentioned in the report fixes the issue temporarily for KeePassX (and apparently Synergy), but it would be nice to have something more permanent. I first noticed this with Oneiric (auto-type worked fine under Lucid, Maverick and Natty). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/837456 Title: [Oneiric] XTestFakeKeyEvent changes keyboard mapping to 'us' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/837456/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
