Thank you - the problem is now solved. There was an old .Xmodmap file that was misdirecting the keypress.
On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 21:26 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:34:48 -0400, Andrew J Perrin wrote: > > > Package: x11-xkb-utils > > Version: 7.7~1 > > Severity: normal > > > > This behavior started with the Sun Type 7 USB keyboard I normally use, > > but I have reproduced it > > with another keyboard (Adesso USB PC104 keyboard). > > > > xev reports no keypress using the up-arrow, only: > > > > FocusOut event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001, > > mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor > > > > FocusIn event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001, > > mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor > > > > KeymapNotify event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x0, > > keys: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > 0 > > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > 0 > > > > FocusOut event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001, > > mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear > > > > However, for the down-arrow, xev reports: > > > > KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001, > > root 0xb8, subw 0x0, time 328954299, (109,-16), root:(1469,784), > > state 0x0, keycode 116 (keysym 0xff54, Down), same_screen YES, > > XLookupString gives 0 bytes: > > XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: > > XFilterEvent returns: False > > > > KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2c00001, > > root 0xb8, subw 0x0, time 328954371, (109,-16), root:(1469,784), > > state 0x0, keycode 116 (keysym 0xff54, Down), same_screen YES, > > XLookupString gives 0 bytes: > > XFilterEvent returns: False > > > That indicates some other client has a grab on that keycode. You'll > have to track down which. > > Cheers, > Julien -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - [email protected] - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina CB#3210, 155 Hamilton Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
