can't loadkeys anymore? (was Re: Linux-2.6.15.4 login errors)

John M Flinchbaugh
2006-02-16T20:30:12Z

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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:28:25AM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:13:46AM -0500, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> > After installing linux-2.6.15.4, attempts to log in a non-root
> > account gives these errors.
> > Password:
> > Last login: Thu Feb 16 08:53:20 on tty1
> > Keymap 0: Permission denied
> > Keymap 1: Permission denied
> > Keymap 2: Permission denied
> > LDSKBENT: Operation not permitted
> > loadkeys: could not deallocate keymap 3
> It's coming from unicode_start
> > This is a RH Fedora base. Anybody know how to turn this crap off?
> Apply updates.
> This was fixed in kbd 1.12-10.fc4.1

This still leaves the question: Why is loadkeys no longer permitted to
set the keymap for a tty the user currently owns? What if the user
really does want to run loadkeys without having to be root (ie. to load
dvorak keymap)?

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John M Flinchbaugh
john@hjsoft.com

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