Re: 2.6.12-rc2: Compose key doesn't work

[Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>]

Still true for 2.6.12-rc5. Should probably be fixed before final.

On 14/04/05 12:04 +0200, Domen Puncer wrote:
> On 10/04/05 11:52 +0200, Rene Herman wrote:
> > Hi Vojtech.
> > 
> > I have mapped my right windows key to "Compose" in X:
> ...
> > 
> > This worked fine upto  2.6.11.7, but doesn't under 2.6.12-rc2. The key 
> > doesn't seem to be doing anything anymore: "Compose-'-e" just gets me 
> > "'e" and so on.
> 
> I can confirm this, right windows key works as scroll up, so it might
> be related to recent scroll patches.
> 
> A quick workaround is to:
> echo -n "0" > /sys/bus/serio/devices/serio1/scroll
> 
> serio1 being the keyboard here.
> 
> Btw. is that "-n" really necessary? Had too look at the code to figure
> out why it's not working :-)
> 
> > 
> > X is X.org 6.8.1, keyboard is regular PS/2 keyboard, directly connected.
> 
> Same here.