Bug#632345: gnome-control-center: keyboard layout works poorly with Sun keyboard

[Anye Li]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.30.1-2
Severity: normal


The layout settings in gnome-keyboard-properties appear to work
poorly with the Sun Type 5/6 keyboard model.  As long as only one
layout selected (in my case, USA), the keyboard works basically
as expected (except that "Alt" is really Meta in all the keyboard
shortcuts); in particular, the Compose key works properly, and
AltGr-4 produces the Euro symbol as labeled on the keyboard.
However,

* When adding a layout (Layout -> Add...), all the USA and Canada
  layouts are are all drawn the same way; i.e. USA, USA Dvorak,
  USA International (AltGr dead keys) are all drawn the same even
  though they cause the keyboard to behave differently when
  selected.  Of course, they are all drawn incorrectly since the
  picture shows the layout of a generic keyboard rather than a
  Sun keyboard.

* If more than one layout has been added, the Alt key turns into
  a Meta key, and the Meta key turns into a Super key, and the
  Compose key turns into a Menu key, regardless of which layout
  is selected.  Additionally, AltGr-4 will not produce a Euro
  symbol when the USA layout is selected.

* When the (Layouts -> Options... -> Key(s) to change Layout
  -> Both Alt keys together) option is not selected, AltGr-4
  does not produce the Euro symbol.  I discovered this because
  adding a layout causes this option to be selected, which is
  also something I did not expect.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  capplets-data      1:2.30.1-2            configuration applets for GNOME - 
ii  desktop-file-utils 0.15-2                Utilities for .desktop files
ii  evolution-data-ser 2.30.3-2              evolution database backend server
ii  gnome-desktop-data 2.30.2-2              Common files for GNOME desktop app
ii  gnome-icon-theme   2.30.3-2              GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus        2.30.3-1              an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-settings-dae 2.30.2-2+squeeze1     daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  libatk1.0-0        1.30.0-1              The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6              2.11.2-10             Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2          1.8.10-6              The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0   0.24-1                Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0       0.24-1                a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2   0.88-2.1              simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-9      2.30.3-2              Client library for evolution addre
ii  libfontconfig1     2.8.0-2.1             generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6       2.4.2-2.1             FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4        2.28.1-6              GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0       2.24.2-1              The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2 2.30.2-2              Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-window-se 1:2.30.1-2            Utility library for getting window
ii  libgnomekbd4       2.30.2-2              GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgtk2.0-0        2.20.1-2              The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libmetacity-privat 1:2.30.1-3            library for the Metacity window ma
ii  libpango1.0-0      1.28.3-1+squeeze2     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libslab0a          2.30.0-1              beautification app library file
ii  libunique-1.0-0    1.1.6-1.1             Library for writing single instanc
ii  libx11-6           2:1.3.3-4             X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1        1:1.1.10-2            X cursor management library
ii  libxft2            2.1.14-2              FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6             2:1.3-6               X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier16      5.0-2                 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2            2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxss1            1:1.2.0-2             X11 Screen Saver extension library

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-6    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  gnome-session                 2.30.2-3   The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gnome-user-guide              2.30.1-1   GNOME user's guide
ii  policykit-1-gnome             0.96-3     GNOME authentication agent for Pol

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver       2.30.0-2squeeze1 GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa [gst 0.10.30-1        GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-g 0.10.24-1        GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudi 0.10.24-1        GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
pn  libcanberra-gtk-module  <none>           (no description available)
ii  x11-xserver-utils       7.5+3            X server utilities

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