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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: "Win" key
From:       "Marcelo Magno T. Sales" <marcelo.sales () sefaz ! pe ! gov ! br>
Date:       2007-05-08 11:25:26
Message-ID: 200705080825.27038.marcelo.sales () sefaz ! pe ! gov ! br
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Em Ter 08 Mai 2007, Doncho N. Gunchev escreveu:
> On Monday 2007-05-07 14:50:29 Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> > Em Dom 06 Mai 2007, Doncho N. Gunchev escreveu:
> > > On Saturday 2007-05-05 05:58:04 oleksandr korneta wrote:
> > > > on 05/02/2007 10:22 AM Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> > > > > This is a very old bug in XOrg that has not been fixed till now. A
> > > > > workaround you may use is adding the following line to the
> > > > > InputDevice section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
> > > > > Option      "XkbOptions" "altwin:meta_win"
> > > >
> > > > this works indeed Marcelo, thanks a lot. I'll stay with this method
> > > > until they fix the bug *hoping*
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Isn't this in bugzilla (I can not find it and hate to do it myself for
> > > every system)?
> >
> > It's in xorg's bugzilla, but I don't remember the bug number.
>
> 7008
>
> > > Shouldn't this workaround be enabled by default 'till the
> > > bug is fixed upstream?
> >
> > Maybe it isn't because it has collateral effects depending on the
> > language you use. In my case, the right Alt should behave differently
> > from the left one (AltGR, for symbols), and I loose this functionality if
> > I use the workaround above. Instead, I use:
> > Option š š š š š"XkbOptions" "altwin:left_meta_win"
> > With this option I have AltGR on the right Alt key, but then only the
> > left Win key works. Oh, well, I can live with that until the bug is fixed
> > (if it will ever be)...
> > Maybe someone more knowledgeable with X configuration can come up with
> > other solution that keeps both AltGR and the two Win keys working. If
> > there is such workaround, I think it should be enabled by default while
> > upstream don't fix the bug.
> >
> > []'s
> > Marcelo
>
> Filled in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239409

Thanks, later today I'll sign up this bug and add some info.

[]'s
Marcelo

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