Ubuntu
xkeyboard-config package

Expose & Dashboard keys don't work on Apple MacBook / MacBook Pro

Bug #520519 reported by Mario Schwalbe on 2010-02-11

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xkeyboard-config	Fix Released	Medium	freedesktop-bugs #34351
	xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xkeyboard-config

X.org keyboard database in Ubuntu Karmic doesn't provide keycode mappings nor keysyms for Apples Expose & Dashboard keys (F3/F4) although the Linux kernel's evdev layer reports correct keycodes. The attached patch adds the required keycode definitions to /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev as well as symbols to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/inet (evdev section). Those symbols finally can be used to configure compiz.

Note: I assigned the symbols XF86LaunchA and XF86LaunchB due to a lack of better alternatives.

This is package version:
$ apt-cache policy xkb-data
xkb-data:
  Installed: 1.6-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1.6-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
     1.7-1ubuntu3 0
          1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
*** 1.6-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/xkeyboard-config

Revision history for this message

Mario Schwalbe (schwalbe) wrote on 2010-02-11:

usr-share-X11-xkb.patch Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain)

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-02-11

Changed in xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Committed

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-02-11:

This bug was fixed in the package xkeyboard-config - 1.7-2ubuntu1

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xkeyboard-config (1.7-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian testing. Remaining changes:
    - Split out xkb-data-i18n to be used by console-setup.
    - debian/xkeyboard-config.pot: Add pot file for translations (updated)
    - Add 101_rus.patch: Tag USA Russian Phonetic keyboard layout with
      Russian language tag.
    - Add 102_mac_aliases.patch: Fix error activating XKB config on MacBook
      due to lack of mac w/ deadkeys layout aliases.
    - Add 103_swiss_legacy.patch: Newer swiss keyboards have swapped bar and
      brokenbar as a workaround to a Microsoft mistake in the Windows
      keyboard layout.
  * Add 104_macbook_expose_and_dashboard.patch: Add keycode definitions
    required for Apples Expose & Dashboard keys (F3/F4).
    (LP: #520519)
  * Add 105_intelligent_keyboard.patch: Add support for the Intelligent
    Keyboard K04
    (LP: #458206)
-- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:11:49 -0800