[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 1328] New: Behaviour change in 6.8.0 relating to (bad) XkbLayout settings

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           Summary: Behaviour change in 6.8.0 relating to (bad) XkbLayout
                    settings
           Product: xorg
           Version: 6.8.0
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63471
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: Input/Keyboard
        AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: dsd at gentoo.org


In Xorg 6.7.0, the following section of xorg.conf worked fine:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "uk"
EndSection

On upgrading to 6.8.0, the above settings still produce a UK keyboard layout,
but the Ctrl+alt+F-keys don't change to virtual terminals like they should.

I'm aware that by using the "uk" setting, its probably pulling in layout info
from "keymaps/sun" which is deprecated. Just thought I would give a heads-up
since this is probably an unintentional behaviour-change between the two versions?

Changing "XkbLayout" to "gb" solves the problem - UK-specific keys still work,
and Ctrl+alt+f1 changes to vt/1 as expected.

Also see: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63471        
   
   
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