X11 keyboard detection bitrot on Linux?

[André Hentschel]

Am 28.04.2010 16:07, schrieb Joerg-Cyril.Hoehle at t-systems.com:
> Hi,
> 
> Perhaps there's some bitrot that affects the handling of alt/altGr
> keys on Linux?
> 
> Using WINEDEBUG=+keyboard on Macos yields exepected results. The 3rd
> and 4th characters (|\ etc.) below show what's obtained when pressing
> the alt key:
> trace:key:X11DRV_KEYBOARD_DetectLayout mismatch for keycode 34, got 7/|\
> trace:key:X11DRV_KEYBOARD_DetectLayout mismatch for keycode 36, got 8({
> trace:key:X11DRV_KEYBOARD_DetectLayout mismatch for keycode 58, got <>??
> trace:key:X11DRV_KEYBOARD_DetectLayout mismatch for keycode 73, got ,,..
> 
> On Linux instead:
> warn:keyboard:X11DRV_KEYBOARD_DetectLayout 7 keysyms per keycode not supported, set to 4
> trace:key:X11DRV_KEYBOARD_DetectLayout mismatch for keycode 16, got 7/7/
> trace:key:X11DRV_KEYBOARD_DetectLayout mismatch for keycode 17, got 8(8(
> 
> None of the {[]}\ keys reached via AltGr-7/8/9/0 on the German
> keyboard is printed by the keyboard detection code.  This causes
> warnings for all keyboards (not printed by default) because none matches,
> which presumably was not the case back when that code was written.
> What has changed?
> 
> Regards,
>  Jörg Höhle

I cannot confirm that on 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 Kernel 2.6.32-21-generic with wine from yesterday.

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Best Regards, André Hentschel