[Bug 215496] Re: When setting mousekeys, xkbset reports "XKB not supported"

Super Jamie jamie at superjamie.net
Fri Nov 14 14:43:26 UTC 2008


It seems 'xkbset m' and Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Numlock both toggle mousekeys on
the numpad. I imagine most laptop users wouldn't see this behaviour, due
to their integrated Fn+ key numpads. A sideffect for me is that Ins0
Numpad5 and Numpad+ become right click whilst this state is active.
'xev' confirms Pointer_Button3 is registered on those keypresses.

However, I found 'setxkbmap' does fix the "XKB not supported" error, you
specify a language for layout. Here's the script I use to make a
keyboard button do middle-click paste:

#!/bin/bash
setxkbmap -layout us
xkbset m
xkbset exp =m
xmodmap -e "keycode 135 = Pointer_Button2"

I'd say either features in X or xkbset changed, and 'setxkbmap' is the
correct way of using 'xkbset'.

-- Ubuntu 8.04.1, xorg 7.3+10ubuntu10.2, xkbset 0.5-5.1

Out of interest, 'xkbset' runs without 'setxkbmap' on Intrepid on my
Dell Vostro 1200 laptop with Intel 965 video. I have not tried Intrepid
on my desktop with nVidia FX5200 video and Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000
keyboard.

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When setting mousekeys, xkbset reports "XKB not supported"
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