Accepting the fix into stable releases. Note that the fix only prevents
new breakages; existing affected users will not be unbroken without
rebooting (or rebooting X).
** Description changed:
-
(console-setup)
[Impact]
- * keyboard-configuration's postinst changes keyboard mode breaking X
+ * keyboard-configuration's postinst changes keyboard mode breaking X
keys.
+
+ [Workaround]
+
+ Reboot (or restart X) and the problem will go away.
[Test Case]
- * Ssh to a system or open a terminal and unset DISPLAY
+ [racb] Note that upgrading to the fixed package will not fix the problem
+ for affected users; you must reboot (or restart X) as above. The fix
+ only prevents the problem occurring again.
- $ echo $DISPLAY
-
- $
+ * Ssh to a system or open a terminal and unset DISPLAY
- * Check kbd mode, should be raw (set by kbd_mode -s) or unknown:
- $ sudo kbd_mode
- The keyboard is in some unknown mode
- $ sudo kbd_mode
- The keyboard is in raw (scancode) mode
- $
+ $ echo $DISPLAY
- * Install or reinstall kbd-configuration
+ $
- $ sudo apt install --reinstall keyboard-configuration
- ...
- Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.178ubuntu11) ...
- Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
- boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
- ...
+ * Check kbd mode, should be raw (set by kbd_mode -s) or unknown:
+ $ sudo kbd_mode
+ The keyboard is in some unknown mode
+ $ sudo kbd_mode
+ The keyboard is in raw (scancode) mode
+ $
- * With the fixed package you should see the note above and the kbd mode
+ * Install or reinstall kbd-configuration
+
+ $ sudo apt install --reinstall keyboard-configuration
+ ...
+ Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.178ubuntu11) ...
+ Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
+ boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
+ ...
+
+ * With the fixed package you should see the note above and the kbd mode
must stay the same:
- $ sudo kbd_mode
- The keyboard is in raw (scancode) mode
- $
+ $ sudo kbd_mode
+ The keyboard is in raw (scancode) mode
+ $
- * The unfixed package sets the kbd mode to unicode:
+ * The unfixed package sets the kbd mode to unicode:
- $ sudo kbd_mode
- The keyboard is in Unicode (UTF-8) mode
- $
+ $ sudo kbd_mode
+ The keyboard is in Unicode (UTF-8) mode
+ $
[Regression Potential]
- * The change may break debian-installer changing the keyboard mode, this
should also be tested.
- * In general changing the postinst script may make the package unable to
install, but this is tested in generic environment and the change to the
postinst script is very small.
+ * The change may break debian-installer changing the keyboard mode, this
should also be tested.
+ * In general changing the postinst script may make the package unable to
install, but this is tested in generic environment and the change to the
postinst script is very small.
[Original Bug Text]
WORKAROUND:
sudo kbd_mode -s
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:
I'm running Ubuntu Lucid development branch.
Pressing alt-f2 switches the screen to the second virtual terminal.
Alt-f3 does the same to the third and so on. I expected alt-f2 to open
the run dialog.
I'm pretty sure that my keyboard is not malfunctioning as I can use all
my applications normally. (Pressing O and Ctrl-O do not have the same
effect.)
I'm not sure which package I should file this bug against. I'll happily
do an apport-collect once I know.
** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu Disco)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-disco
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Title:
Alt+KEY incorrectly behaves like Ctrl+Alt+KEY, and/or unwanted VT
switch from Alt+Left/Right
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