[nzlug] End is Nigh, or rather, Undo.

[Daniel Pittman]

Nick 'Zaf' Clifford <zaf at nrc.co.nz> writes:

> Now that I have your attention ;)
>
> Got a weird one. After upgrading Ubuntu to the latest, my "End" key is
> not working (the world doesn't end when I press it, someone help). xev
> shows that "End" is keycode 103 (keysym 0xff65, Undo). I have no idea
> what Undo is suppose to do (it doesn't, as it implies, Undo).
>
> Now the problem is, I'm not sure how to correct this. In particular,
> the Ubuntu way to correct it, but at this point, I'll take any which
> way to correct it. I'm at the *end* of my rope here (sorry for the
> pun).

OK: There are two places that this could have gone wrong or, more
correctly, two paths that lead to the same place, either of which could
be the cause.

X has a keyboard map that translates the scancodes from your keyboard
into key "symbols" -- defined using the 'xkb' extension, these days.

In /etc/X11/xorg.conf you may have a keyboard layout other than your
correct US-english pc10[456] layout defined -- or a particularly odd
keyboard that requires a vendor-specific keyboard map, because they use
slightly different scancode assignments.

Alternately, after you load into the system an additional xkb mapping
may be configured by the Ubuntu system.  That can completely remap the
keyboard, which is how I have a dvorak/US layout, move control, etc.


So, start by determining if this happens for all users, or just for your
primary login.

If just for you, probe the keyboard configuration in your login, where
something is likely remapping your keyboard during login.

If not, check the global x.org settings, and see what turns up.

Regards,
        Daniel