[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#394962: console-setup: abnt2 "/" key doesn't work properly

[Rafael Almeida]

Package: console-setup
Version: 1.6
Severity: normal

The "/" key from my abnt2 keyboard doesn't work on the console after configuring
it with console-setup. If I edit the
/usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/br-abnt2.kmap.gz ading the following file

keycode 89 = slash question degree

and then I type "loadkeys br-abnt2" the "/" key works fine.

Also, the "/" does work on xorg (which seems to use the same keyboard symbol
rules as console-setup) without I having to do anything else.

This is what I have on my keyboard section of xorg.conf. Nothing special, debian
made it for me:
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "kbd"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "abnt2"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "br"
        Option          "XkbVariant"    "abnt2"
EndSection

I've seen other people on the internet complaining about this problem. Although
I'm unsure on what's different between my abnt2 keyboard and the abnt2 keyboards
that work, I'm aware that I'm not the only person having this kind of problem.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages console-setup depends on:
ii  console-terminus              4.20-2     Fixed-width fonts for fast reading
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.6      Debian configuration management sy

Versions of packages console-setup recommends:
ii  console-tools              1:0.2.3dbs-65 Linux console and font utilities

-- debconf information:
* console-setup/variant: Brazil
* console-setup/fontsize-text: 16
* console-setup/compose: No compose key
  console-setup/modelcode: abnt2
  console-setup/switch: No temporary switch
  console-setup/fontsize: 16
* console-setup/charmap: UTF-8
  console-setup/layoutcode: br
  console-setup/optionscode: lv3:ralt_switch
* console-setup/layout: Brazil
  console-setup/variantcode:
  console-setup/dont_ask_layout:
* console-setup/altgr: Right Alt
* console-setup/ttys: /dev/tty[1-6]
* console-setup/model: Brazilian ABNT2
* console-setup/fontsize-fb: 16
* console-setup/codeset: Lat15
  console-setup/toggle: No toggling
* console-setup/fontface: TerminusBold