On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 13:32:32 -0400, Jack Dodds wrote: > I am running etch with gnome on an Intel machine. > > I have two seats set up, using GDM. The primary seat has a 104 key > keyboard and is connected via a PS-2 keyboard connector. The second > seat has a 104 key keyboard connected via USB. > > On both keyboards, if I hit the UP key in the editing section of the > keyboard, the program gnome-screenshot runs. The LEFT, RIGHT, and DOWN > keys do nothing. This happens for all users, and both seats. > > This is especially since I am used to using the UP key and often hit it > multiple times or hold it down, out of habit. This launches many > instances of gnome-screenshot, which has on at least one occasions > actually hung the computer in a state where it kept launching > gnome-screenshot instances, about one a second, and could not be stopped. > > If I check Desktop-Preferences-Keyboard Shortcuts, there is no mention > of gnome-screenshot. > > I have also searched all the /etc directories that have anything to do > with X or Gnome for files containing the string gnome-screenshot and > have found nothing. > > This behaviour seems to have started when I upgraded sarge to etch. > > Can anybody suggest how I can get back the the key functions that were > present in Etch - and especially how to move gnome-screenshot to the > Print key, where it should be! > > I've appended the InputDevice sections from XF86Config-4.
When you upgraded to Etch you made the transition from XFree86 to Xorg. The relevant configuration file is now /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If you are still on XFree86 then your upgrade is incomplete. > Jack Dodds > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "First Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0" > # Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Second Keyboard" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "Protocol" "usbev" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" > # Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection AFAIK, it should be Driver "kbd" and Option "XkbRules" "xorg" now; check your xorg.conf file for this. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
