To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
From: Kees Bakker <spam@altium.nl>
Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc2: Compose key doesn't work
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:18:44 +0200
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Rene Herman wrote:

> Hi Vojtech.
> 
> I have mapped my right windows key to "Compose" in X:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>          Identifier      "Keyboard0"
>          Driver          "kbd"
>          Option          "XkbModel" "pc104"
>          Option          "XkbLayout" "us"
>          Option          "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
> EndSection
> 
> 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.

This is caused by the change in drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
By default atkbd_scroll is now set 1. This can be switched off on the
commandline if you want to try: atkbd.scroll=0

I'd vote for undoing the change. Here is a tiny patch.
diff -Nru a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c????2005-04-04?09:40:48?-07:00
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c????2005-04-04?09:40:48?-07:00
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
?module_param_named(softraw,?atkbd_softraw,?bool,?0);
?MODULE_PARM_DESC(softraw,?"Use?software?generated?rawmode");

-static int atkbd_scroll = 1;
+static int atkbd_scroll;
?module_param_named(scroll,?atkbd_scroll,?bool,?0);
?MODULE_PARM_DESC(scroll,?"Enable?scroll-wheel?on?MS?Office?and?similar?keyboards");


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