Bug#243471: gdm: wrong keyboard selected (due to .xmodmap?)

[Quim Gil]

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Subject: gdm: wrong keyboard selected (due to .xmodmap?)
Package: gdm
Version: 2.4.4.7-1
Severity: normal
Tags: sid l10n

After updating to gdm 2.4.4.7-1 the keyboard is not properly recognized
although everything is correct in xserver-xfree86 - i.e. no accents are
allowed, nor the ¤ or ·
 

But entering with Gnome Failsafe everything works fine.
 

And I've created a new user and everything works fine.
 

It seems the difference relies in the .xmodmap file in the /home
directory of the user that has the keyboard problems. The new user
hasn't got this file and nor the superuser root, which hasn't got either
problems with accents.
 

I guess simply deleting the .xmodmap file the keyboard thing will work
again but I'm not sure why the new gdm has created it (if it has done
it) and if I need to keep it.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.4-1-k7
Locale: LANG=ca_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES@euro
 

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                     3.52         Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                     1.4.21       Debian configuration 
management sy
ii  dpkg                        1.10.20      Package maintenance system 
for Deb
ii  gnome-session               2.4.2-4      The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal- 2.4.2-7      The GNOME 2 terminal 
emulator appl
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.16-3     Library of functions for 2D 
graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.4.1-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0                2.4.3-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0              2.4.3-2      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared 
libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.4.0.1-4    GNOME configuration 
database syste
ii  libglade2-0                 1:2.0.1-13   Library to load .glade 
files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.2.3-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                 2.4.0-10     The GNOME 2 library - 
runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0           2.4.0-3      A powerful object-oriented 
display
ii  libgnomeui-0                2.4.0.1-10   The GNOME 2 libraries (User 
Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0              2.4.1-5      The GNOME virtual 
file-system libr
ii  libgnomevfs2-common         2.4.1-5      The GNOME virtual 
file-system libr
ii  libgsf-1                    1.8.2-6      Structured File Library - 
runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.2.4-3      The GTK+ graphical user 
interface
ii  libice6                     4.3.0-7      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.8.3-2    libraries for ORBit2 - a 
CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules              0.76-17      Pluggable Authentication 
Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime              0.76-17      Runtime support for the PAM 
librar
ii  libpam0g                    0.76-17      Pluggable Authentication 
Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.2.5-2.1    Layout and rendering of 
internatio
ii  libpopt0                    1.7-4        lib for parsing cmdline 
parameters
ii  librsvg2-2                  2.5.0-2      SAX-based renderer library 
for SVG
ii  libsm6                      4.3.0-7      X Window System Session 
Management
ii  libwrap0                    7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP 
wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System protocol 
client li
ii  libxext6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System 
miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2                     2.6.8-1      GNOME XML library
ii  metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.6.5-1    A lightweight GTK2 based 
Window Ma
ii  twm [x-window-manager]      4.3.0-7      Tab window manager
ii  wmaker [x-window-manager]   0.80.1-8     NeXTSTEP-like window 
manager for X
ii  xlibs                       4.3.0-7      X Window System client 
libraries m
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 4.3.0-7      X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-5    compression library - runtime
 

-- debconf information:
   gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm

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