I filed this with Gnome but they sent me to you, hope you can help: I use gnome-keyboard-properties to change my Alt/Win key behavior to be the same as my control key. This works initially but fails over time. When I'm not using the machine it doesn't fail. Steps to reproduce: 1. gnome-keyboard-properties 2. Layouts tab 3. Keyboard model "Apple" (unnecessary I think) 4. Layout USA 5. Layout Options... 6. Alt/Win key behavior 7. Control is mapped to the Win-keys (and the usual Ctrl keys). 8. Use your computer for a few days, it will work initially then fail. Actual results: I'll notice the alt/win key no longer works and then I run "xmodmap -pke | grep 133" which shows: keycode 133 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L NoSymbol Super_L Expected results: When the keys are mapped correctly I can run "xmodmap -pke | grep 133" which shows: keycode 133 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L NoSymbol Control_L Does this happen every time? Yes, in any given 72 hour period, it will happen at least once. If I'm not using my computer, it doesn't happen. Other information: I'm using an apple A1048 keyboard, I don't think that's related. I've been having this problem for over a month, I haven't been able to diagnose a cause yet. The workaround is to check change the Alt/Win key behavior back to Default, then change it back again.
xmodmap is not interesting. Would you attach results of "xkbcomp :0 -xkb out.xkb" before and after the failure
Created attachment 25842 [details] xkbcomp :0 -xkb failed_out.xkb ran command after failure
Created attachment 25843 [details] xkbcomp :0 -xkb working_out.xkb ran command while mapping was working thanks!
The second file shows that your XKB is reset (and even reset incorrectly - the second file lacks the geometry part). Do you do some suspend/resume? Or perhaps plug the keyboard out, then plug in again? BTW, what is the version of GNOME you're using? What distro?
I'm not using any suspend/resume, however I am using a USB kvm (IOGEAR). The KVM switching doesn't seem to correspond with the failure, so I never considered that to be a possible cause. Upon the release of Fedora Core 11, I've reinstalled and no longer experience this issue (I waited a couple of weeks, no problems). Regardless, thanks for your help with this. I have the old install on another drive so if you need me to pull files off it I can do so.
in response to comment#4, I was running Fedora Core 10 with all updates installed (except kernel updates).
It was because of KVM/USB. The keyboard (from the X and OS POV) was plugged out/plugged in. The earlier versions of GNOME keyboard stack did not process these events. Now they should (if built properly).
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