Bug#524344: gnome-power-manager: adjusting brightness kills AltGr key behaviour

[Josselin Mouette]

Le jeudi 16 avril 2009 à 16:39 +0200, Norbert Preining a écrit :
> > 	gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
> 
>  layouts = [de,de	deadgraveacute]
>  options = [grp	grp:alts_toggle,Compose key	compose:menu]
>  model = pc105
> 
> > 	xprop -root | grep XKB
> 
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "de",
> "deadgraveacute", "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:rwin"
> _XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "evdev", "pc105", "de,de", ",deadgraveacute",
> "grp:alts_toggle,compose:menu"

I’m not sure of exactly what these XKB rules mean, but if I guess right,
one rule sets AltGr as the shortcut to switch keymaps, and the other
exchanges both alt keys. 

In all cases, you should probably have a look at the keymap definitions
in the keyboard preferences, there may be something inconsistent here.

> The problem is that before 2.6.29 recently with patches it was
> impossible to initiate the Gnome Power Manager backlight thingy because
> the keys weren't supported, i.e., Fn-F5 and Fn-F6 didn't work. That is
> only recent work and why I included linux-acpi.

I’m not sure whether the brightness keys go through X or through HAL
these days, though my guess would be X. BTW, what happens when you kill
the gnome-power-manager process? Brightness should not change anymore,
but does the bug still occur when you press the keys?

Cheers,
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