Package: fvwm
Version: 1:2.6.5.ds-3
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
As of FVWM 2.6.5 provided by Debian 8 (jessie) the hotkey events defined in
~./fvwm2rc do not seem to be detected anymore.
My fvwm2rc is pretty generic and has worked unchanged since woody. The recent
dist-upgrade from wheezy (fvwm 2.5.30) to jessie (fvwm 2.6.5) broke
hotkey detection for me. I realised that I could no longer move across the
virtual desktop using my predefined keys (Shift-Ctrl-Arrows). I tried to
change the event assignment to different key combinations in fvwm2rc, to no
effect. The relevant snippet of my fvwm2rc is attached. While this bug does not
render fvwm completely non-functional, it does reduce the usability of the
window manager significantly - hence I consider this an important issue.
Workaround:
Manual downgrade of fvwm using the package from wheezy (fvwm_2.5.30.ds-1.1)
solves the problem. Presently I keep fvwm pinned at that version as a workaround
of the bug. All my other packages are from jessie (i386).
Other observations:
I do have fvwm 2.6.5 installed on FreeBSD with an almost identical fvwm2rc and,
there, hotkeys do work. I therefore believe the bug is specific to Debian/jessie
and does not go upstream.
Yours,
Claude
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages fvwm depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-18
ii libcairo2 1.14.0-2.1
ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3
ii libfribidi0 0.19.6-3
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.1-2+b1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.42.1-1
ii libice6 2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii libperl4-corelibs-perl 0.003-1
ii libpng12-0 1.2.50-2+b2
ii libreadline6 6.3-8+b3
ii librplay3 3.3.2-14
ii librsvg2-2 2.40.5-1
ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii libstroke0 0.5.1-6.1
ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140913-1+b1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.14-1+b1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1
ii libxft2 2.3.2-1
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b1
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1+b1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.8-1+b1
ii perl 5.20.2-3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
Versions of packages fvwm recommends:
ii fvwm-icons 20070101-2
ii libx11-protocol-perl 0.56-6
ii perl-tk 1:804.032-3+b3
Versions of packages fvwm suggests:
ii cpp 4:4.9.2-2
pn fvwm-themes <none>
ii m4 1.4.17-4
pn menu <none>
ii wm-icons 0.4.0-9
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Dr. Claude Krantz
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik
Saupfercheckweg 1
D-69117 Heidelberg
Tel.: (+49 6221) 516516
Fax.: (+49 6221) 516602
Email: claude.kra...@mpi-hd.mpg.de
# Section: Key bindings
#
# This section binds some actions to keys. The bindings have been inspired
# by MWM, Windows, and nightmares. Everything that these key bindings do,
# can be done without them. Therefore they should not be too much of a
# burden on new users, but it definitely _can_ be confusing to press a
# key by accident and have it do something completely unexpected.
#
Key Tab A M Next [CurrentPage !iconic] focus-and-raise
Key Tab A MS Prev [CurrentPage !iconic] focus-and-raise
Key Tab A CM Next [CurrentPage] deiconify-and-focus
Key Tab A CMS Prev [CurrentPage] deiconify-and-focus
Key Left A SC Scroll -100 0
Key Up A SC Scroll +0 -100
Key Right A SC Scroll +100 +0
Key Down A SC Scroll +0 +100
Key F1 A M Popup Window-Ops
Key F2 A M Popup /Main
Key F3 A M Lower
Key F4 A M WindowList
Key F5 A M CirculateUp
Key F6 A M CirculateDown
Key F7 A M Move
Key F8 A M Resize
Key F9 A M Iconify
Key F10 A M Maximize
