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[Barry Warsaw <1281232@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure why this was marked Incomplete, and while I appreciate the
pointer to the bios update, I don't think it's relevant.  This is really
about giving back to the user software remapping of keys and modifiers
in a user friendly way.  xmodmap can do it all but it's far from user
friendly.  That the Ubuntu desktop *used* to provide this (likely
through Gnome) means that this issue *is* a regression in usability.

I think it's entirely valid to reassign this issue away from xorg to a
more appropriate package (whatever that might be), but not to close it
as incomplete because of a bios issue.  This isn't hardware specific,
and it does affect multiple people.

Thanks!

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => New

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Title:
  control/capslock key swap lost and (almost) no way to recover it

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Probably not an xorg problem, but anyway, after today's dist-upgrade,
  my very long standing swap of the control and caps lock keys on my
  standard Ubuntu desktop got lost.  Now capslock actually is capslock
  and ctrl is actually ctrl, despite a my previous settings swapping
  them.  Unfortunately, it seems like the ability to swap them back has
  been lost in System Settings, or gnome-control-center{,.real}.

  I will have to resort to xmodmap for now, but please restore the
  ability to swap these two keys and to honor previous such settings.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Feb 17 13:26:59 2014
  DistUpgraded: 2011-12-23 14:39:31,555 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.3.6, 3.13.0-8-generic, x86_64: installed
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV730 XT [Radeon HD 4670] [1002:9490] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:2542]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-12 (950 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio XPS 435MT
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-8-generic root=UUID=7ffae0c6-66ea-4bbd-ae3d-f98ddd9603a5 ro
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2011-12-23 (786 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 05/05/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1.1.1
  dmi.board.name: 0R849J
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A03
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.1.1:bd05/05/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudioXPS435MT:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0R849J:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Studio XPS 435MT
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140214-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Mon Feb 17 12:42:57 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.devices:
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 6
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 7
   input        Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite KEYBOARD, id 8
   input        Yubico Yubico Yubikey II KEYBOARD, id 9
   input        Logitech Trackball   MOUSE, id 10
  xserver.errors:
   
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6
  xserver.video_driver: radeon

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