Bug#255680: gkb: dvorak keyboard layout, no backslash/pipe

[David Allouche]

Package: gnome-applets
Version: 2.6.1-6
Severity: important
Tags: sid

The gnome keyboard layout switcher applet (gkb) uses a incorrect
"dvorak" keyboard layout, at least with my intl-105 keyboard.

It associates the "asterisk/mu" key (keycode 51, at the left of Enter,
above right Shift) to... "asterisk" and "mu", while the correct dvorak
layout associates it to "backslash" and "pipe". This makes it impossible
to type those characters.

This does not seem to be a xlibs/xkb problem since "setxkbmap dvorak"
installs the correct layout.

In addition "setxkbmap dvorak" effectively renders gkb unusable: the
configured keyboard layouts (through the "Open Keyboard Preferences"
menu item, "Layouts" tab) no longer appear in the "Groups" hierarchical
menu, and it is no longer possible to switch layouts using the applet.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages gnome-applets depends on:
ii  gnome-applets-data        2.6.1-6        Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-panel               2.6.1-4        Launch and/or dock GNOME 2 applica
ii  libapm1                   3.2.2-2        Library for interacting with APM d
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.16-5       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.6.1-2        The ATK accessibility toolkit
hi  libbonobo2-0              2.6.2-2        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.6.1-1        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgail-common            1.4.1-1        GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                 1.4.1-1        GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4               2.6.1-2        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.4.0-1      Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.2-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0               2.6.1-5        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.6.1.1-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.6.1.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.6.1.1-3      The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 0.8.1-4        Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0         0.8.1-2        Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.3-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2-2                2.6.0-4        Libraries for gtop system monitori
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
hi  liborbit2                 1:2.10.2-1.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0        2.6.1-4        Library for GNOME 2 Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.4.0-4        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-4          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxklavier8              1.02-2         X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                   2.6.10-3       GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1.1-3    compression library - runtime

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