[Bug 184195] cannot assign Shift+Multimadiakey (like "Forward") global shortcut anymore

[Cedric Laczny]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184195





--- Comment #6 from Cedric Laczny <cedric laczny gmx de>  2009-09-16 17:50:55 ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> Workaround: Running "setxkbmap -rules xorg -model evdev -layout de" and
> specifying the keyboard as "evdev managed device" in keyboard layout of
> kcontrol, I'm able to somewhat produce key-combinations. This can also be used
> in xorg.conf or corresponding fdi-files (in case of HAL and evdev). However, I
> am not sure if the "setxkbmap" command really plays a role here. Perhaps only
> the entry in kcontrol does the job.
> As stated before, I use "Shift + XF86Calculator" to display the "terminal
> emulator" in konqueror. With this approach I am able to use this key
> combination although I have to press it _twice_ to get the desired effect.
> I have no clue why this is the case, especially as I found quite often problems
> where one key press results in multiple events but not vice versa.
> Hope this works for you also. Would be helpful to let me know if it does.

UPDATE: as I have now KDE-4.3.1, I'm experiencing the same problems as does
Mathias Panzenböck and I can not work it around using the above mentioned
command. So far I have not come across any other solution. I updated to
evdev-2.2.4 (under gentoo) with no change.

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