xorg-7.3 and swapped CTRL_L and Caps_Lock

[Kostik Belousov]

On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 04:43:32PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> I run with the Caps Lock and Left Control keys swapped. I also run Gnome
> which has a systems preference to set this. It worked fine until I
> updated to xorg-7.3 and now, when the session starts, they are not
> swapped and xemacs complains about improper keyboard configuration.
> 
> If I bring up the setup for the keyboard, it claims that the swap is
> selected and, after exiting the setup window, they almost are. The only
> remaining problem is that I have to press the ALT before I press CTRL to
> have the combination accepted. If I press them together, the system only
> sees the CTRL. (Note: I probably tend to hit CTRL slightly before ALT
> when pressing them together.)
I have the same problem with xorg 7.3 from the ports, C- and M-, pressed
together, are interpreted as only C-. It makes emacs almost unusable.
This is on bare X+fvwm2, no gnome.

> 
> I suppose it's an interaction between xorg and xklavier, but it was fine
> prior to the upgrade to xorg.
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