Re: xorg and a Sun USB Type 6 keyboard with german layout

[Helge Mühlmeier <H_Muehlmeier%gmx.de@localhost>]

Hi,

> What version are you running?

no-panic-hihihi# uname -a
NetBSD no-panic-hihihi.fritz.box 6.1_STABLE NetBSD 6.1_STABLE
(GENERIC_SPARC64) #0: Thu Mar  6 18:35:36 CET 2014
helgoman%no-panic-hihihi.fritz.box@localhost:/home/helgoman/source/obj/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC_SPARC64
 sparc64

I fetched source this morning and building distribution is working this
moment...

> I commited the fix in 
> xsrc/external/mit/xf86-input-keyboard/dist/src/bsd_KbdMap.c
> ----------------------------
> revision 1.7
> date: 2012-02-25 16:38:46 +0100;  author: martin;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -1;
> Fix scan code 50 key on non-us-USB keyboards (BSlash2 -> BSlash).
> From macallan.
> ----------------------------
> 
> and it still seems to be present in -current and netbsd-6 sources:
> 
>         /* 49 */ KEY_BSlash,    /* \ | */
>         /* 50 */ KEY_BSlash,    /* \ _ # ~ on some keyboards */
> 
> 
> What does xev print when you press the key?

KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
    root 0x124, subw 0x0, time 50258885, (130,392), root:(1003,416),
    state 0x0, keycode 123 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

> Does the key work for you outside X?

The key is working outside X...

Greetings,
Helge