[26000] in Athena Bugs
Problem with gnome-terminal-2.2.2-1 in Athena 9.3.11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Cavin)
Fri Aug 27 00:13:18 2004
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:12:41 -0400
From: Tom Cavin <cavin@mit.edu>
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cc: Tom Cavin <cavin@mit.edu>
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Hi Folks,
I just updated to Linux Athena 9.3.11 and immediately had a horrible
problem with my windows. For some reason, the gnome-terminal application
is ignoring the XKB extensions in the X server.
I normally rebind my keyboard to a Dvorak Layout, and prefer to use the
command:
$ setxkbmap 'dvorak+ctrl(swapcaps)'
For reference, you can switch back by doing:
$ setxkbmap 'en_US'
Which until today had the effect of changing my keyboard layout to Dvorak
and swapping the CapsLock and LeftCtrl keys. However with the update from
9.3.8 to 9.3.11 that command no longer works properly in gnome-terminal.
I get into this weird state where an xterm will rebind properly, but a
gnome-terminal will ignore the switch. Emacs, xss, and xterm all get
switched but gnome-terminal stays at Qwerty.
It's a little more ocmplicated that that because it only seems to affect
the first gnome-terminal that starts up automatically (and the others that
spawn using the same server). If I kill all the active gnome-terminals and
then restart with a new server, it all works again.
It's possible that this is just my flaky login setup, but it's also
possible that there's a peculiarity in gnome-terminal. Either way, I
thought I'd pass it on to you.
Best Wishes,
--Tom
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Tom Cavin Email: cavin@mit.edu
Phone: (617) 258 - 7806 or tec@csail.mit.edu
