xkb-data: incorrect Finnish kotoisuus keymap

Forwarding this bug from Ubuntu reporter Martin-ric Racine:
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/738314

According to https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/wiki/Tiedosto:KB_Finnish_Multilingual.svg the hyphen key should have some deadkey diacritic that would appear OVER a letter but, instead, /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/fi has dead_belowcomma, which is apparently a non-existent symbol, which makes console-setup complain loudly.

    key <AB10> { [ minus, underscore, endash, dead_belowcomma ] };

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xkb-data 2.1-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
DRM.card0.DVI.D.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1280x800
 edid-base64: AP///////wAwZAY3MTgwMikRAQOAGhB4CoeumVdPjCYiUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBwhoAglAgCjAQMCIABaMQAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gBUTTExMaExMjFFVzNEAAAA/gAqOUVQcJCw/wEBCiAgAF8=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Sat Mar 19 18:40:47 2011
Dependencies:

DistUpgraded: Log time: 2009-02-14 21:14:26.891608
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GconfCompiz:
 /apps/compiz-1/general:
   /apps/compiz-1/general/screen0:
    /apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options:
     hsize = 1
     vsize = 1
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0201]
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0201]
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D430
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fi_FI:fi_FI.UTF-8:fi
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic root=UUID=cd9a1998-9fb2-4208-aba6-bc2ba8f5e36a ro panic=15 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xkeyboard-config
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] Tiedostoa tai hakemistoa ei ole
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2009-09-14 (551 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/20/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A01
dmi.board.name: 000007
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd06/20/2007:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD430:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn000007:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D430
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6

Created attachment 44698
xkbcomp.txt

Created attachment 44699
setxkbmap.txt

Created attachment 44700
XorgLog.gz

dead_belowcomma is a valid character.

/usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h:#define XK_dead_belowcomma 0xfe6e

There's two issues at stake:
1) the kernel has a problem with dead_belowcomma.
2) the keymap is incorrect to begin with. See the wikipedia map I linked to.

#1 is NOTOURBUG - I am serving primarily X, not console;)
#2 I am open to suggestions.

Martin-Eric, for #1 if you can file a bug with the kernel guys and mention it to jfo, they might be able to look at it, although it's probably too late for such kernel changes in natty.

Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.70ubuntu1) ...
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up console-setup (1.70ubuntu1) ...
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

(In reply to comment #8)
> Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.70ubuntu1) ...
> WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
> WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
> WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"
> WARNING: Unknown X keysym "dead_belowcomma"

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/x11proto/commit/keysymdef.h?id=735d745e17a6180f569f24f9792513b44e100aef

Daniel, thanks for showing us the exact commit. That doesn't explain what makes keyboard configuration complain loudly as seen below.

(In reply to comment #10)
> Daniel, thanks for showing us the exact commit. That doesn't explain what makes
> keyboard configuration complain loudly as seen below.

No, it doesn't. But, however, the ten seconds it took me to download the source package for keyboard-configuration (a Debian-specific package which has literally nothing to do with X) and run grep shows what does trigger that warning: the fact that ckbcomp (again, nothing to do with X) has a built-in X keysym -> kernel keysym table, which does not include dead_belowcomma.

As someone who is apparently both an X and a Debian developer, surely you could've done this yourself?

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